So you're telling me that Minister Mélanie Joly of Global Affairs Canada and Minister Chrystia Freeland of the Department of Finance are both washing their hands of responsibility for overseeing Export Development Canada, or EDC.
Yet, in your report, you made some serious accusations about EDC, including that it was a conflict of interest that the Crown corporation had not managed in the last contract it gave to Accenture.
Isn't this a worrying recurring situation? We saw, in the case of Sustainable Development Technology Canada's green fund, or SDTC, that the government had a tendency to give agencies billions of dollars to manage in order, ultimately, to avoid being responsible.
We see it again, in this case. The two departments are washing their hands of the matter and deferring to Export Development Canada, which does not acknowledge its share of responsibility.
Don't you find it worrisome for taxpayers to see departments like Ms. Joly's and Ms. Freeland's washing their hands of responsibility in such cases?