Evidence of meeting #16 for Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics in the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was money.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Bloc
Serge Ménard Bloc Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC
That is great. The same goes for me. Thank you.
Mr. Pelossi, you started out speaking about your statement to the RCMP. You were surprised that we had not received it, were you not?
Bloc
Serge Ménard Bloc Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC
Were some officers taking notes when you made your statement to the RCMP?
February 14th, 2008 / 9:20 a.m.
As an Individual
They taped it on a videocassette. The whole thing is recorded.
Bloc
Serge Ménard Bloc Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC
They recorded the whole thing. Did you receive a transcript of it?
As an Individual
No, I have never seen it, but I know that the entire interview was recorded.
Bloc
As an Individual
Yes. As I said to the committee chair at the outset, I had to take a... What is it called?
As an Individual
...a test to determine whether I was telling the truth. I forget the name of the device, but they came to Milan a few months later for this purpose and they gave me this test, on which I did very well.
As an Individual
Yes, for the simple reason that I gave it in 1996, 12 years ago. I am sure you will appreciate that it is much more difficult for me now to remember all the dates and details. But at the time of the statement, I had all the documents available to me. So the information was much more specific than anything I can say today.
Bloc
Serge Ménard Bloc Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC
If we need it your authorization to see the statement, would you be prepared to give that to us now?
As an Individual
Yes, I will give you that authorization. I have done so in writing to the clerk. I received an e-mail, and I wrote back giving my authorization.
Bloc
Serge Ménard Bloc Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC
Very well. Given that, this is not a secret to the RCMP. That is the testimony you would have liked to have given this morning in order to be more specific. Is that correct?
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Paul Szabo
I can indicate that we did receive an affirmation from Mr. Pelossi that he would give his authorization for it to be viewed. The request was turned down by the RCMP. The reasons were only oral, and it sounded like it was part of their materials from their investigation, which may be opened up in the future, and they wouldn't want to compromise their case or their evidence.
We can have the discussion this afternoon at our in camera meeting after we see Stevie Cameron, if that's acceptable to the members.
Bloc
Serge Ménard Bloc Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC
I understand, Mr. Pelossi, that you are the person who wrote a contract or who was involved in writing a contract between IAL and Airbus?
As an Individual
Yes, that is the contract was written by Airbus and approved by Mr. Schreiber. I signed it myself, along with the president of Airbus at the time.
As an Individual
A lawyer in Zurich has a single copy of it, and it was to remain secret. All I had was an unsigned copy.