Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
Thank you for appearing today. I guess congratulations are in order for the impending birth of your child.
I could spend probably all day reviewing the inaccuracies of your April testimony, but I'm not going to do that. I'm going to go straight to some questions, if I may, Mr. Jaffer, and I'd appreciate your fullness in your reply and your accuracy in your reply. We don't want to have to come back again, and we could during the summer, if need be.
It's clear that you had access to government, including several senior ministers in this government. When you came back here in April, you talked about being friends with a lot of your former colleagues. I guess it was because of your previous role as chair of caucus. You talked about being friends, and we've had some discussions about being friends, but do you think you had access because of your friendship or because of your wife's position as cabinet minister?