Ms. Lavery, I believe that 91% or 92% of all contracts went to a single third party, Accenture. In other words, the majority of this complex work that was given to EDC to conduct on behalf of Canadians was given to a third party to do.
The Auditor General outlined that you had multiple opportunities to undertake a competitive bidding process to ensure accountability of taxpayer money and that there was value for money, yet on numerous occasions you did not exercise that authority as a CEO to let other companies bid competitively on the work being undertaken on behalf of Canadians. Why not?