Government Operations committee  In terms of the allegations, I've only recently found out about them, so I'm not quite in a position to comment on the state of the investigation or the outcomes of the investigation.

Government Operations committee  The CBSA worked very closely with PSPC, and the guidelines are set forth regarding PSPC and what is acceptable in terms of subcontracting.

Government Operations committee  I've learned of those allegations most recently, and they are currently being investigated. In terms of conduct with any contractors, I expect any of my executives to follow the code of conduct and the rules and disciplines around values and ethics.

Government Operations committee  No, I do not.

Government Operations committee  I do not recall that communication.

Government Operations committee  He was director general in charge of innovation.

Government Operations committee  To the best of my memory, the contracts were not for ArriveCAN. They were with different companies that would allow skills in terms of mobile application development and security. Those would eventually be used and leveraged to build the ArriveCAN app, but the need at the time obviously was not there, because the COVID pandemic hadn't started yet.

Government Operations committee  No. It was well before he left.

Government Operations committee  It was at least one year.

Government Operations committee  To the best of my memory, it was at least one year.

Government Operations committee  I was in the middle of a competitive process with Treasury Board.

Government Operations committee  Not to my knowledge.

Government Operations committee  I did not.

Government Operations committee  He was my deputy minister and president.

Government Operations committee  He reported to me.