Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I will answer in English.
Numerous procedures that have been introduced by the Minister of Public Works and Government Services already exist. We will follow all those measures that are currently in place. We will also follow the measures that are part of the Government of Canada contracting policy, Treasury Board policies, and the measures that we are obligated to comply with under international trade agreements.
We are very confident that in the market in which we are going to be launching this project there have been no issues or concerns about collusion in that area. In fact, the Province of Ontario is already constructing the parkway that will connect to this new crossing, and they went out for a request for proposals two years ago. They had significant bids at the expression of qualifications, and three bidders ended up bidding on the request for proposals. That project is currently under way.
Most of the bidders in the public-private partnerships tend to be fairly large international consortia that then are compiled with local construction firms to do the work.