Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. You're speaking about the task authorization, which is not a contract.

Government Operations committee  It was part of—

Government Operations committee  The per diem rates were fixed.

Government Operations committee  I just want to mention that the original contracting authority that was responsible when that TA was issued was not us. What we have is on file. Basically for the scope of the contract, whenever we have a TA that comes to us for signing, we verify to make sure the scope of the TA aligns with the scope of the contract.

Government Operations committee  I do not have visibility on that, so not to my knowledge.

Government Operations committee  I will repeat myself that it was a collective decision that was based on the evidence we were provided by the contractors. It was also in consultation with a legal adviser. I came to that conclusion. I shared that conclusion with my supervisors—Ms. Mansour, Ms. Durigan. All three of us agreed.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. I consulted with our legal adviser at Justice Canada.

Government Operations committee  Yes, absolutely.

Government Operations committee  It was to investigate the matter and bring it up to Dalian and Coradix.

Government Operations committee  It was a collective decision.

Government Operations committee  Correct. They need to follow the pricing schedule that was listed on the contract.

Government Operations committee  I started my career in the government in the intern officer development program in June 2019. I went on various assignments, and then in August 2022 I returned to EL division under Angela Durigan.

Government Operations committee  Yes, I did.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Chair. Again, our priority was to investigate the allegations made about Dalian or Coradix. When we asked Dalian to provide documentation that they received payment from CBSA, as we found out later, and that they were provided the resources from GC Strategies—

Government Operations committee  I analyzed data, and from what we observed, Dalian and Coradix obtained those documents from GC Strategies. We found there was nothing out of the ordinary with the contractors.