Thanks, Mr. Chair.
We've heard a lot about success, and probably as a business person, Mr. Schreiber, you were very successful. You came to our country as an immigrant. By the early 1980s you had become friends with Frank Moores. You were involved with getting rid of Joe Clark. You saw your friend Brian Mulroney as Prime Minister. Things were going very well for you.
In fact, they improved year by year until the company that you were associated with got a contract for some 34 aircraft, and over $1 billion was involved. Along the way you had to be friends and be involved with a good number of people. I have some difficulty with success and who got money because of what the success was in terms of that sale.
I was also intrigued, Mr. Chair, with Harrington Lake. Harrington Lake became a centrepiece of all of this. You were very much attached to the Conservative government. You were from Bavaria--quite a conservative area of Germany. You came here with great respect for conservative values. With that, Mr. Schreiber, you had great influence.
Was the visit to Harrington Lake in 1993 your first visit to Harrington Lake?