Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm sorry, Ms. Foote, can you please repeat? I'm having trouble hearing you.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, Mr. Chair, I received an offer from none of them.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That is.... Mr. Chair, I came today prepared to answer questions about the leak. If you'd like me to discuss my personal business, I'm happy to do so.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, my only answer can be yes. I don't know the skids of material that are in question. However, yes, Ms. Block was aware of other goings-on in her office.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I am not sure. The only communication I had with Ms. Block was at 7 a.m. on Friday, when she indicated that she had reason to terminate me from her office.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, I don't have access to the materials that the committee does. I don't have a frame of reference as to what I wrote Ms. Block. Typically, on a day-to-day basis, I sent her many e-mails. I believe my first action when I received the report was to print it for Ms. Block.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, I did speak to Ms. Block on the phone, I believe, that evening or that afternoon. I do not recall what time. I indicated that the report had been received from the clerk's office. She said she would like to review it at her home over the weekend. Because she cannot print things from her BlackBerry, nor review such a lengthy report on her BlackBerry, she indicated she would like it sent to her home account so she could print it.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, I did not.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, Mr. Chair, I don't believe so.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I knew that the document was important when I received it from the clerk. However, I did not grasp the gravity of my error and the absolute critical lapse of my judgment until the next morning, when Mrs. Block called me at my home to indicate that it would be treated as a matter of privilege.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  To the best of my knowledge, yes. Everything else I would have done in her office was within the rules.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Through different social passings of people who expressed their concern for me. I was asked by numerous people, “Have you found a lawyer to ensure that you know your responsibilities as a witness in front of a committee and houses of Parliament?” I said no. His name was the first to be suggested by a few friends.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I have had no communication with anybody in the government or with my former employer, and—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  But I quite honestly did not know his history before I chose him. It was simply on the recommendation of friends, not on anybody else.