Thanks, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Clements, Mr. Taylor, thank you for being here.
Mr. Clements, I want to thank you for your testimony today. It's very insightful, in terms of the growth challenges you're facing in the region.
Again, I want to pick up where my colleague left off. This time it's directly relevant to the question of value for money, in terms of infrastructure. It may not be the pointed question that I think members of the Conservative caucus would like, which is whether closed bidding systems are less value for money than open bidding systems.
I want to take it, in your words, to 40,000 feet. There is this CRISP process you mentioned. Has the federal government been involved in any of this at all, or has it been observing from the sidelines?