Government Operations committee  They're not contaminated. They did not meet the standard for N95 masks. The supplier made some attempts to rectify that with replacement masks. We are still not happy with that standard, so discussions are ongoing about the next steps, because we are in a world where—

Government Operations committee  Absolutely not.

Government Operations committee  I believe we still have a contract with them. I believe the contract is still valid. We're not doing much new activity with them, but it's still a valid contract, I believe.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, that wouldn't apply to Deloitte Canada, which is who the contract is with. Those charges, I—

Government Operations committee  The contract the Canadian government would have is with Deloitte Canada. I will have to get back to you on your specific question, though, on those charges.

Government Operations committee  Basically it's the whole procurement department. Effectively, we took the entire shop under Arianne Reza and had them dedicated to PPE purchases and then vaccine negotiations, etc.

Government Operations committee  The most obvious deviation, especially early on, would be the sole-sourced nature of many of the contracts—

Government Operations committee  The justification for every contract is documented, absolutely. We have the usual question, Mr. Chair, about what we would be allowed to share in terms of confidentiality, etc., but in theory.... We'd have to take that one back.

Government Operations committee  Yes. We're making good progress. The minister already has said that it is very important to her. I think I will flip to James for some additional detail here, and I will try to fix this echo that I have.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Green, is it okay if you repeat your question? I think James was having a hard time hearing it as well.

Government Operations committee  I think there are two pieces here. One is the data James is referring to around the ownership and leadership of under-represented groups. I think Mr. Green's question relates to data related to employment equity within the companies themselves, if I can say that. I think maybe we

Government Operations committee  Again, I think we'll have to get back to you on that, because I think you're referring to an ESDC program, and I just want to make sure that we're clear on the program you're referring to.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for that question. There's a lot in there. What I would say is that the trend for more—

Government Operations committee  Yes, but these are two rather important and complex issues. The move to telework, I think, accelerates our plans. We had been moving to work zones in which unassigned seating was more of the norm, to recognize that people weren't always in the office. I think the COVID experienc

Government Operations committee  I have a couple of thoughts here, Mr. Chair. I'm hearing a real echo. Is everyone else getting an echo from me as well? I'm not sure if they can do something technically with that. I'm sorry, but it's driving me crazy. I think it's better now. On the vaccine front, I love the