I have to say that when I started doing procurement it was pretty straightforward. We had three trade agreements that did apply. It was relatively simple: lowest bidder. This is what people would usually do.
Now, there's much more complexity that has been added over time. We can think about unjust consideration. We can think about small and medium-sized businesses. Procurement has changed. We have a lot of rules and we need to catch up, and I think that was one of the significant things on which we're taking action.
Last week, we had 600 procurement officers taking training on record-keeping, and we're also going to be having more training happening in the fall to make sure that competition is the norm and that the use of non-competitive tools is truly restricted.
I see a willingness from our staff to look at this old practice that was put in place and to make sure that corrective measures are being taken.
