Article content The operations committee is also calling on the government to provide the original version of an internal report by SSC that scrutinized its own procurement practices, but which was provided to the committee with redactions. Opposition members on Wednesday suggested SSC’s redactions of its internal reports might point to a deeper unwillingness by the federal government to hold themselves accountable. The report was conducted by Gartner, an industry consultancy firm. “What I see here is a pattern of secrecy, a pattern of cover-up, and a pattern of avoidance,” Conservative committee member Rachael Harder said in an interview. “And I think that speaks volumes in terms of the way that this government functions.”