Government Operations committee  Is there a question there specifically?

Government Operations committee  Just on this point, I have apologized to Canadians for not being properly prepared the first time. I've apologized to this committee.

Government Operations committee  I've also said, and it's an issue of semantics—you can laugh if you wish and make light of it—I think Canadians, given the drastic stress we were under during all the scrutiny that came about, would understand that I would have made some mistakes. I was instructed, as I said, to

Government Operations committee  --that same day; the website came down. If you want to make an issue of whether or not it was a few hours later or the end of the day, I can assure you the website came down. It was no longer there, and I just thought it would be less of a headache. Initially, I think the web hos

Government Operations committee  Do I know him? Yes, very well.

Government Operations committee  I think you'll have to ask my wife about that. I don't know the details of what he would have said--

Government Operations committee  Other than allegations....

Government Operations committee  Only what I've read in the media, and most of that has fallen--

Government Operations committee  Again, it's not for me to speak for my wife or my wife's actions during the time of her discussion with the Prime Minister.

Government Operations committee  I did, in relation to the fact that she is not under any formal investigation, other than the Ethics Commissioner--

Government Operations committee  There are other MPs in your caucus who are under investigation and who sit in caucus. She has not had a chance to clear herself and she has been removed from caucus, which makes no sense to me or the democratic process. That's what I'm most upset about. There's no respect for tha

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  No. I did not know, and I think Dr. Chen clarified that e-mail in the press. I think he was just brainstorming an idea to Mr. Gillani. That's the nature of that particular e-mail exchange. I didn't know about any plans or thoughts that he may have had about including my wife in

Government Operations committee  That's not lobbying.

Government Operations committee  That's exactly what.... I wasn't a lobbyist. My business was trying to determine what sort of work we were going to do.