That is very interesting, Mr. Speaker.
In other words, what the minister has just said is that he assumed responsibility for the CIO on June 4, 1998, and that the directive was issued eight months and six contracts later in March 1999.
Yesterday, the minister said that no contracts over $25,000 had gone out without tender. Will he admit today that it was only as of March 1999, and for practically one year, that he awarded contracts without tender? As for those after March 1999, we are still waiting on access to information, and we will see the outcome of that.