In its review of the contracts from 1997 to 2005, the Office of the Auditor General found that some of them had been awarded in a non-competitive way, such as the contracts with an initial value of less than the $25,000 ceiling, which were increased considerably subsequently. There were also the many contracts for $24,000.
En examinant les contrats datant de 1997 à 2005, le Bureau du vérificateur général a constaté que certains d'entre eux avaient été octroyés de façon non concurrentielle, à preuve les contrats d'une valeur initiale inférieure au plafond de 25 000 $ dont le montant a été augmenté considérablement par la suite, et les multiples contrats d'une valeur de 24 000 $.