Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you for being here.
I do have to begin by saying that it's very unfortunate the two ministers would not take the time to come to our committee. It's exclusively in their mandate letters to make themselves available to committee. They have again decided that they were busy for this particular day, so I guess 15 people are here to replace them.
I want to start my questions with the deputy minister of infrastructure.
I'm sure you have many dealings with SNC-Lavalin, including the Champlain Bridge and the Canada Infrastructure Bank's only project to date. I'm sure the fact that a deferred prosecution agreement was not secured is something that you, as the deputy minister of infrastructure, had some concerns about. Did you ever have a meeting or any conversations with any of your counterparts in other departments regarding SNC's case, either directly or indirectly?