Evidence of meeting #101 for Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was work.
A video is available from Parliament.
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Liberal
Anita Vandenbeld Liberal Ottawa West—Nepean, ON
When you're working, you're in Canada but most of your work is outside of Canada.
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Liberal
Anita Vandenbeld Liberal Ottawa West—Nepean, ON
Which laws apply to you? Is it Canadian law or it is the law in the country in which you're working?
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Chief Operating Officer, AggregateIQ
When we're working with any client, we follow the laws in Canada and the laws that they have in their jurisdiction.
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Liberal
Anita Vandenbeld Liberal Ottawa West—Nepean, ON
Okay, as you know, in Canada, as was mentioned, we have very strong laws in regard to third party advertising.
You say you worked for campaigns. Have you worked with any third parties, other organizations that would want to spend money to influence elections, who are not themselves political parties or candidates?
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Liberal
Anita Vandenbeld Liberal Ottawa West—Nepean, ON
That's other than the ones in the U.K. that we already know about.
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Liberal
Anita Vandenbeld Liberal Ottawa West—Nepean, ON
You don't have any third party clients in Canada for elections?
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Liberal
Anita Vandenbeld Liberal Ottawa West—Nepean, ON
Okay, other countries—we've talked about Nigeria and we've talked about Trinidad and Tobago. With what other countries have you worked?
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Chief Operating Officer, AggregateIQ
We did work in Lithuania, providing a door-to-door tool for a candidate, and with the United States, Canada, the U.K., those three.
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Liberal
Anita Vandenbeld Liberal Ottawa West—Nepean, ON
Have you done pro bono work for any third parties or campaigns in Canada or in other countries?
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Chief Operating Officer, AggregateIQ
We have not done any pro bono work for any campaigns or related. We've done some charity work, but not—
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Liberal
Anita Vandenbeld Liberal Ottawa West—Nepean, ON
Would these be for any third parties that would be trying to influence elections?
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Bob Zimmer
Thank you, Ms. Vandenbeld. That's time.
Next up, for seven minutes, we have Mr. Kent.
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Conservative
Peter Kent Conservative Thornhill, ON
Thanks again, Chair.
Mr. Wylie has said he came to know you, Mr. Silvester, because of work that you both did on Liberal election campaigns in Canada. You mentioned that you worked on Liberal campaigns. We all have our own political affinities, and many people in this room have volunteered on any number of campaigns for any number of parties, but we do know that Mr. Wylie was contracted by the Liberal Party of Canada up until 2009, when his contract was terminated by the then-Liberal leader Ignatieff for what he described as invasive work in terms of his contract work, his work in this digital area on election campaigns. We also know that Mr. Wylie was paid $100,000 for a contract shortly after the 2015 election for work either done before the election or after the election. That question is still unanswered.
Did you work with Mr. Wylie in either of those two periods, either as an individual or through your company, AIQ, for the Liberal Party of Canada?
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Chief Operating Officer, AggregateIQ
As I said, I've known Mr. Wylie since 2005, and while I was working for a member of Parliament I did help him get the job because he had volunteered with a member of Parliament, and I did help him get the job in the leader's office under—
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Chief Operating Officer, AggregateIQ
While I was working for the member of Parliament, it was just to the folks I met that I suggested taking Mr. Wylie on in the leader's office. I think that was under Mr. Dion, but I wouldn't—