Mr. Chair, for a couple of things, first and foremost, let me reassure you that what I was not proposing by my comment about generative AI was in any way or shape to say that now that member would actually talk to this and get services in terms of “here's your benefit and we'll pay you this amount”.
What I was referring to was that our policies are very detailed. They can be difficult to understand at times and, much like I use Google to get an answer to help me inform myself before I have a discussion, that was not what my proposal was. My apologies if I misled you.
With respect to the contract, I can certainly provide you the costs of the contract that we have currently. What I obviously cannot provide you is the cost of the contract that in fact we're still in the request for proposal phase for: We haven't actually settled on or selected who the next contractor will be. Unfortunately, I can't provide you specific costs for that.