Hello, Ms. Kolbuc. Thank you for being with us today.
You have a reputation in respect of both management of public funds and how you interact with your employees that might not be a positive one.
Let's start directly with some very specific questions. I would like to get brief answers, please, because my speaking time is limited.
The auditor general reported that at least two projects in her sample were not eligible for funds under the ecosystem stream. One of the two projects is the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies project. If we look at that project more closely, we see that there are a lot of things that do not work at all. Not only was the project not eligible, but, in addition, the consultant who practically wrote the application, Chris Wormald, was then paid by Sustainable Development Technology Canada, out of public funds, to assess the application he had written himself.
You are the director of that fund; you approved the fund, and you made sure that the fund received money. What can you tell me about that, please?