Or, la vérificatrice générale, qui a examiné les activités de ce ministère, a dit que le processus de passation de marchés n'était pas ouvert et que ce marché particulier n'était visé par aucune des exceptions permettant de clore le processus, contrairement aux affirmations du ministre.
He said the government followed closely the rules in contracting and processing the payment and so on. However, the auditor general, in looking over that same program, said that the contracting process was not open, it did not qualify for any exceptions that would close the process as the minister was claiming.