Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I do remember the meeting that took place several weeks ago now. Certainly I can speak for myself, but I know that members around the table, especially on this side, had a great deal of confidence in the comments of public servants, who made clear that, once those allegations were made by the individual in question, they were taken very seriously. Meetings did happen, and that was echoed by the witness himself.
When I asked him point-blank about how he felt about the engagement from the Department of Finance, he responded confidently to say that he felt that department officials did very well in terms of reaching out to him and listening to his particular view of the matter.
It's interesting that the Conservatives want to keep going back to this. They were trying to get some headlines out of that meeting, and it didn't work for them. I think we have three outstanding witnesses in front of us. Their testimony has been interrupted. It's not the first time this, unfortunately, has happened. It seems to be a Conservative approach that when they don't get their way in one forum, they try to distract in another forum. That's exactly what's happening here.
I know that colleagues on this side will have a view on the issues that have been raised as well. I'll let them make comments accordingly. However, I think it's a bit rich to hear from the Conservatives this anger, which I think, frankly, is highly performative, that they haven't received answers to the substantive matter at hand, which is what took place when allegations were made. I think they were responded to in a very meaningful way.