Information & Ethics committee  That was her interpretation.

Information & Ethics committee  I wouldn't say they're a straight-up development company. There are actually three approaches to revenue streams that they looked at early on. We're not sure where that will fit within their overall business proposal to us. There was the real estate component, an infrastructure c

Information & Ethics committee  Right.

Information & Ethics committee  We don't have a fully developed answer on that. That's one of the pieces that we want to speak about with the small business community in Canada in terms of what they would be looking towards in that. In particular, for instance, there's Kurtis McBride from Miovision, who is on t

Information & Ethics committee  Mr. Chair, if I can address that, the Auditor General's six-week time period actually relates to what would be the equivalent of a pre-qualification period. The full 159 days is the full duration of the RFP process, including what is the best and final offer process of the submis

Information & Ethics committee  Definitely. This was a very complicated issue to explain to her, because it followed a very different model in terms of the terminology that was being used—

Information & Ethics committee  No, Mr. Chair, this was actually 159 days. The first phase of that submission was only the six weeks that was referred to, but the entire process was 159 days. That is a fact on our records. It's the second-longest RFP process that we have ever run as a corporation. With regard

Information & Ethics committee  I wouldn't say the Auditor General does not know what she's talking about.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes. She and her staff were extraordinarily competent when they worked with Waterfront Toronto. We have no inkling of anything otherwise. But I also want to touch upon the preferential treatment component of it. The Auditor General pointed to a number of different pieces of infor

Information & Ethics committee  Absolutely.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, I am.

Information & Ethics committee  We're doing some work right now, actually, with the MaRS Solutions Lab about civic data trusts, since this had been tabled early on in the Quayside project. One of the first phases we've looked at is doing a civic data trust primer, so that we can build civic literacy around thi

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, and actually going even further than that: the entire architecture being created in such a way that it's open, so that we don't end up with the dominance of one market player.

Information & Ethics committee  I think there are a few very important elements that we're putting in place. Initially DSAP was a bit of a stopgap to make sure that we had perspectives informing us as the project moved forward. We have just recently undertaken to recruit a new position within the corporation. I

Information & Ethics committee  That's correct. I think what's important to keep in mind is that the conversation that's been happening thus far actually precedes what would normally be Waterfront Toronto's consultation process. Usually, our consultation process starts after a proposal is received. In that pa