Evidence of meeting #18 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 schreiber.

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Elmer MacKay  As an Individual
Karlheinz Schreiber  As an Individual

Serge Ménard Bloc Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC

In Zurich.

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As an Individual

Serge Ménard Bloc Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC

So you carried this to Canada.

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Serge Ménard Bloc Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC

And you crossed borders with this in your pocket?

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Serge Ménard Bloc Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC

Did you declare it?

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Serge Ménard Bloc Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC

Isn't there a law that forces you to declare if you are carrying more than $10,000?

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Karlheinz Schreiber

Sir, I cannot recall that this was the law at that place, but if so, I have to tell you I overlooked it.

Serge Ménard Bloc Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC

Did you go through the United States with this in your pocket?

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Serge Ménard Bloc Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC

But I'm sure there is a law, and you risk having all the money seized if you carry more than $10,000.

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Karlheinz Schreiber

Yes. I would have said, sorry, I'll have to pay the fine or whatever it is.

Serge Ménard Bloc Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC

And you never read a form that asked you to declare if you were carrying more than $10,000?

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Serge Ménard Bloc Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC

Okay.

Now, did you receive--

The Chair Liberal Paul Szabo

Mr. Ménard, je suis désolé.

Mr. Comartin.

Joe Comartin NDP Windsor—Tecumseh, ON

Let me pick it up from there, Mr. Schreiber. The denomination in the Montreal payment, again, was $100,000 in denominations of $1,000 bills?

Joe Comartin NDP Windsor—Tecumseh, ON

What currency?

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As an Individual

Joe Comartin NDP Windsor—Tecumseh, ON

So you're telling us that a bank in Geneva had--

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As an Individual

Joe Comartin NDP Windsor—Tecumseh, ON

--I'm sorry, in Zurich--had Canadian $1,000 bills, and it had at least 100 of them, according to your statement.