Procedure and House Affairs committee  Well, each party has a different—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think Elections Canada already has a process that political parties have to follow. If political parties are afraid that there is foreign influence within their nominations, like what's happened with the Liberal Party, then I think they must do things to—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Listen, the fact of the matter is that NSICOP provided a report for the Prime Minister leading into the 2019 campaign and it was ignored. I'm not going to comment—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, I think I'd be open to that.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Sure.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  As I said, I was never briefed on the potential of foreign interference leading into elections. There were no reports I was privileged to or that I received. There were no briefings by CSIS saying that candidates were compromised. There was no report, for example, like the one leading into the 2019 election campaign.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Well, as I said, I was never briefed as a campaign manager on foreign interference. There was not one time that I was briefed as the national campaign director or as the deputy chief of staff that CSIS had a concern on foreign interference leading into an election campaign.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There was never any briefing that I received that there was foreign interference leading into either of the two national election campaigns that I ran.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, there was no concern in terms of interference. The only discussion we had.... We know that leading into the 2015 election campaign, the Liberal Party of Canada worked very closely with the Democrats in the U.S. in developing their database and campaign techniques, but that would have been the only conversation we had.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, there was never a discussion, except leading into the 2015 campaign when media reported that the Tides Foundation gave at least $1.5 million to Leadnow to run a campaign to support 29 Liberal and NDP candidates in 29 electoral districts.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Well, maybe it was because it benefited them. I think that's a question you should ask them.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think if there is a public inquiry and if officials feel there was foreign interference—and I have no idea if there was prior to the 2015 campaign, based on the media reports that I've seen.... I believe that is something they should have already called.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I can't see at this point how there can't be a public inquiry. From what has come out in terms of the hiding...the misinformation and the targeting of Mr. Chong, I do not see a scenario where David Johnston cannot call a public inquiry, which is, from an issues management point of view, why this government continues to get caught kicking and screaming.