Mr. Richard, your evidence so far, in the half an hour we've listened to you, in my view, is a serious indictment against the Justin Trudeau government. The concerns regarding the culture of fear are extremely disturbing for professional public servants. That has expanded under Justin Trudeau by 40%.
In 2015, he promised to cut back on external consultants, yet for the last fiscal year, Ottawa spent $15.7 billion on external consultants, totally bypassing the professional public service. It was an 88% increase. I want to raise that as a concern.
Sir, based on your years of experience of financial matters, accounts from your members, the RCMP commissioner testifying they are investigating ArriveCAN, the AG's report, PSPC officials claiming they are sufficiently suspicious of criminal activity surrounding the ArriveCAN procurement process, documented evidence of forgery and potential fraud, and the mountain of media reporting, do you believe, in light of everything I have presented to you, which I'm sure you have been listening to and reading on your own, that there is a strong element of criminal wrongdoing with ArriveCAN?