Mr. Speaker, the minister knows full well that we never signed off on a competitive bidding process and that the government did not make any commitment.
Yesterday, the Prime Minister said that he was not aware that a letter had been sent by the government rejecting the Auditor General's conclusions. The Prime Minister said that he accepted those conclusions, so, we have ministers accepting the conclusions and departments rejecting them.
Why this abdication of ministerial responsibility? How can the minister not be aware that his department rejected the Auditor General's conclusions of its most expensive acquisition?