Thank you for joining us today, Minister.
My question covers a number of aspects.
You are talking about the September 26, 2013 Buckland & Taylor report, which unfortunately did not find any issues with the girder. However, I will quote the following passage from the report:
Buckland & Taylor Ltd. (B&T) did not perform on-site inspection or detailed review of components other than the approach span edge girders [...] Detailed structural analysis and conclusions were developed based on the documents provided by PJCCI representing the condition of the structure.
Will you publish all the documents provided by the Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated corporation?
We do have a concern when it comes to the ARUP firm you mentioned. A first $15-million contract was awarded without a call for tenders. You said that this was an emergency. Will you use the emergency excuse again, even though you have been dragging your feet in this file?