You had an assistant deputy minister sitting in on the meetings, observing conflict after conflict. Your assistant deputy minister did nothing, your department did nothing and there was no direction from the minister for your department to do anything. It is a complete and utter breakdown from the standpoint of proper oversight, and Canadian taxpayers are out $400 million as a consequence.
I want to ask you about the $38 million in unlawful COVID payments that the board approved, millions of which went into their own companies.
They didn't recuse themselves. The chair even moved the two motions in which her company was enriched by several hundred thousand dollars as a result of those COVID relief payments. The Auditor General's report is very clear that your department was aware at the time that the board approved those payments.
Can you explain why your department turned a blind eye to what amounted to a black and white violation of a contribution agreement with respect to $38 million that went out the door?