Procedure and House Affairs committee  With regard to the respect—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  With regard to my respect for the institution, I did not believe that it would impugn the work of the committee by sending the apology letter. I saw it as simply an apology to the chair for—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, I find the question slightly difficult to answer, because with the amount of goings-on in an MP's office, sometimes it's not possible for a staff member to, even themselves, keep track of everything that's going on. There would be constituents—

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

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  I can only say the same thing I said before. That is, that I've asked myself the question and I've indicated that the people I sent the report to were friends; however, I cannot discern why I only chose the five people I chose.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, I have a good relationship with Ms. Hamilton. But I do not have an answer as to why I sent it to her and the four others.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Please.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I had both personal and professional relationships with the people I shared this report with.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I've spoken with, as I said, four of the five lobbyists I shared the report with, and I offered my apologies. It is my hope that I will continue to have a personal relationship with these individuals. However, because of the inappropriateness of my actions, I can understand if th

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, that is correct, but it wasn't in relation to asking, “Why did you send this?” It wasn't in the negative.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's correct.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's correct.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, it is my intention to answer everything truthfully today, and it has been a very stressful time this past month. I'm indicating to the best of my knowledge that one month ago, almost, I do not remember any communication back to me saying, within the period of 24 hours

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Unequivocally, yes, only the five e-mails were distributed, and it was the only methodology—electronic e-mail was the only method—that I used to transmit the report.