This is a different program than other COVID programs. Here, we saw a Crown corporation delivering a program that, normally, we would expect to see delivered by the public service. Because of that, I would have expected better oversight by the Department of Finance and by Global Affairs. They really failed in their responsibility to exercise oversight over that Crown.
The EDC decided to issue non-competitive contracts to Accenture. I'm concerned about the overreliance they have on this one single vendor. The lack of oversight by departments is such that bad decisions are not being questioned. I would have expected better for the use of public funds.