Government Operations committee  Seven members of the management team…

Government Operations committee  … or people on the management team.

Government Operations committee  They were Michel Bergeron, Stéphane, Pierre, Karl, Maude and Anouk, from Public Services and Procurement Canada.

Government Operations committee  No.

Government Operations committee  Members of management or senior management.

Government Operations committee  We always use the same matrix of criteria for tender calls. None had been changed to favour any particular firm.

Government Operations committee  None whatsoever.

Government Operations committee  No one ever expressed any frustration to me personally, Mr. Paul-Hus.

Government Operations committee  I can't corroborate anything that was said on the matter, because the sources were anonymous.

Government Operations committee  No.

Government Operations committee  What I said was that the board of directors had supported the idea of launching a strategic review, and that it had also supported the decision to use external consultants.

Government Operations committee  Yes, I do. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Dear members of the committee, good afternoon. For more than 75 years, BDC, the Business Development Bank of Canada, has played a critical role in the Canadian economic landscape, being the only bank exclusively devoted to entrepreneurs. We lend to Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises, SMEs, we advise them and we invest in them.