Yes, absolutely. I really welcome the procurement ombud's report and also the OAG's report. We have learned an awful lot around the procurement, and as I have said before, we definitely made some mistakes on procurement and have learned those lessons.
I think the comptroller general at a recent committee appearance said that now is the time to move on and make sure the recommendations are implemented and that the organization has the time to implement the recommendations to ensure this does not happen again. However, I would also say that we should always go back four years and think about the atmosphere of the pandemic.
It was a very difficult atmosphere. Personally, I had to have a letter from the CBSA president to attend the office during that period, even though I was operating at an operational level. We had the relocation of all individuals back to their home environments, which they had never worked in before. We had the border, which was being significantly challenged. I think people need to have a look at the context around this period of time, and the Auditor General did recognize the context at the time.
I accept that we made mistakes. We have learned from those mistakes. We are implementing actions from those mistakes, but we also need to recognize that some of those mistakes may well have occurred because of the pandemic conditions.
Also, we're looking to see if there was any wrongdoing. If there was any wrongdoing, I can guarantee you action will be taken, but we really need to allow the RCMP and the internal investigations to conclude and find out whether any of these accusations are founded. If they are founded, action will be addressed.