Mr. Chair, I was alarmed to learn that the minister apparently had not read the contract, because we heard at committee that she kept saying, “Read the contract; it is in the contract”. Which clause is that? It was always some clause in some contract we had not seen. Now we are learning not only that has she not read but also that apparently the legal team may not have read it. With respect to my hon. colleague's question, I will say that I really cannot understand why, with such a significant number of tax dollars at play, such a significant amount of public money allocated to the contract, they could not be bothered to take a look at it.
There seems to be a theme. We also noticed it in the steel industry, which, as my colleague referenced, was part of my former life. There was $400 million committed to Algoma Steel, but it seems there are no jobs guarantees, because a thousand workers were laid off. What I believe we are seeing is a trend of the Liberal government's not wanting to review contracts before they hand out public dollars.