Industry committee  The answer for me would be no.

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, for the question. I can share that there are two verification processes that are run by PSPC with regard to procurements. The first one is the integrity regime, which I already spoke to the committee about. The second one is a foreign ownership, control or

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, for the question. No. I'm not aware of a similar approach being taken by the RCMP in comparison to the procurement practices that are being undertaken across the Government of Canada and those being undertaken by the United States of America.

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, for the question. I would say in this particular case, as previously mentioned, the RCMP followed all federal government procurement policies and regulations and applicable trade arrangements. I would say decisions around changes that should be made to th

Industry committee  The existing processes that are in place with regard to contracting for the federal government.... The departments rely on verifications that are performed by our colleagues at PSPC, Public Services and Procurement Canada. In this case, we did do a validation with the RCMP with r

Industry committee  As the chief financial officer at the RCMP, I don't have access, myself, to a listing of all suppliers abroad. That is why, in my capacity at the RCMP, I rely on the processes put in place by the federal government. I validate these transactions with my colleagues at PSPC.

Industry committee  I'm not aware of such a list at the RCMP.

Industry committee  Whether a supplier is ineligible to do business with the Government of Canada is determined by PSPC through its integrity regime. In this case, PSPC determined that there were no ethical concerns with awarding Sinclair Technologies the standing offer.

Industry committee  That's not what I said in my response. We did—

Industry committee  I personally was not aware.