Public Accounts committee  Indeed, Mr. Deltell, that information came from departmental documents and was not based on an analysis done by our office.

Public Accounts committee  I would say that, from our standpoint, it's a bit of a mystery. We did not find any evidence that the Federal Bridge Corporation properly communicated the severity of the bridge's deterioration to the then transport minister.

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, we definitely take some elements into account, such as the cost of borrowing, which is lower for the state than for a private partner, for example. Usually, money is saved by going that route. However, a private partner may have expertise the department does not. So i

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, Ms. Sansoucy, we have looked at a number of hypotheses that were used to assess the value of one procurement model compared with another. In the case of the Champlain Bridge, a lot of the data was piecemeal. I'm thinking of the bridge's design, among other things. Hypo

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. One of the key aspects of the project was the fact that the reinforcing steel was embedded in concrete. For engineers, it was a challenge to determine how serious the deterioration was, even though your constituents could see superficial deterioration of th