Mr. Speaker, the minister knows that the contract was sole sourced and that there was no proper tendering process.
The contract was given to a partnership. Everett Roche is the firm's principal consultant. He signed the contract. The correspondence was directed to Everett Roche. He obviously negotiated the contract. He directly benefited from it.
Is it really going to be the government's position that it is okay to funnel money through to friends if it is done through a firm?