There are three sections of significance that reference your company, KPMG. I'm going to read that into the record:
We also found that the Public Health Agency of Canada awarded a professional service task authorization using a non-competitive approach to KPMG. We found no documentation of the initial communications or the reasons why the agency did not consider or select other eligible contractors to carry out the work.
We found that 3 contractors (GC Strategies, 49 Solutions, and KPMG) were originally awarded professional services work with an original estimated total value of $4.5 million through non-competitive approaches. Multiple amendments were made to [these] non-competitive professional services contracts. Approximately half of the contract amendments extended the contract beyond the original period, which prevented or delayed opportunities for other contractors to compete for work. These amendments also resulted in additional costs. We also found that GC Strategies and KPMG were each awarded 2 additional contracts through non-competitive approaches. This further limited the opportunities for other contractors to compete for subsequent work.
We found similar issues in the 2 professional services contracts awarded by the [PHAC] to KPMG. While the first contract included milestones with clear deliverables and pricing, these were later amended and replaced with less-specific deliverables to allow for more flexibility. In addition, the agency did not set out specific tasks, levels of effort, and deliverables for these contracts and task authorizations.
Mr. Bashir, what I just read out essentially captures the activities of GC Strategies. It highlights, in my opinion, both non-ethical and possibly criminal activities that caused the RCMP to launch an investigation, to ultimately raid the home of Christian Firth of GC Strategies and to possibly lay at least fraud—if not forgery—charges in addition to other criminal activities.
Were you aware of that, sir?