Thank you. I appreciate that.
I know that the issue we're discussing here is not whether the ArriveCAN app was a success or a failure. We're talking about the cost of the app. There has been a lot of disappointment—me included—as to how this money was spent and the process through our federal government as to how it was spent, but it seems to be, more and more, a systemic problem. You, having worked with various governments over past decades, perhaps can help us understand that a bit.
I know that when the Conservatives were in power they were paying Deloitte $90,000 a day to teach them how to cut costs. There was a quote from the late Jim Flaherty, who was the finance minister. He said, “Private sector advice is valuable, it’s important, it’s essential.”
Can I perhaps get your viewpoints on how the private sector does lend a hand, especially in instances like the pandemic that we were facing?