Public Accounts committee  Yes.

Public Accounts committee  Correct.

Public Accounts committee  I am not aware. There was a full internal investigation. I would have to follow up. My understanding is that the investigation found that, on the personal gain, part of those allegations were without foundation, and to the best of my knowledge, it was not referred to the RCMP.

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, I need to make sure the committee understands that there are two parcels to the allegations here. One is personal gain—the sunshine, the water, the golf—and those were fully investigated and found really to be without foundation. But the issue that there were individuals who were looking at the bid and were involved in socializing—that relationship—was more on the side of looking at whether this contract could be considered to be objectively tendered, etc.

Public Accounts committee  It was an internal investigation.

Public Accounts committee  There was a very extensive process, an interdepartmental process, that came together to look at the second contract. So to answer the question directly, it wasn't simply a repackaging of the statement of requirements from the second contract, the 2002 contract, into the 2004 contract.

Public Accounts committee  In terms of a brand-new process, if that is the question, Mr. Chair, yes.

Public Accounts committee  I don't have it with me, but as to a side-by-side comparison, if that's what the committee is asking for, yes.

Public Accounts committee  Correct.

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, the 2002 contract and the allegations stemming from it about potential conflict of interest were fully investigated and taken very seriously by the department. At that time, and overlaid on that investigation and those allegations, representations had been made to the CITT.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Allow me to introduce Liliane Saint Pierre, who is the executive director of operations at the acquisitions branch of Public Works and Government Services. As well, I'm accompanied by Christianne Laizner, the senior counsel to Public Works and Government Services.