Evidence of meeting #113 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 know.

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MPs speaking

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Jeff Silvester  Chief Operating Officer, AggregateIQ

11:10 a.m.

Chief Operating Officer, AggregateIQ

Jeff Silvester

I don't think so, no.

11:10 a.m.

Liberal

Anita Vandenbeld Liberal Ottawa West—Nepean, ON

Okay.

Have you ever worked for any clients in Russia?

11:10 a.m.

Chief Operating Officer, AggregateIQ

11:10 a.m.

Liberal

Anita Vandenbeld Liberal Ottawa West—Nepean, ON

Are you aware of any other occasions, other than the Vote Leave and BeLeave, where a client paid for another client's service that you provided?

11:10 a.m.

Chief Operating Officer, AggregateIQ

Jeff Silvester

Veterans for Britain also got a donation from Vote Leave, and that's all been publicly reported.

11:10 a.m.

Liberal

Anita Vandenbeld Liberal Ottawa West—Nepean, ON

Is there nothing else where you had somebody pay somebody else's bill?

11:10 a.m.

Chief Operating Officer, AggregateIQ

Jeff Silvester

No, for us, aside from that, all of our bills have been paid for by the clients who we're doing the work for.

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Liberal

Anita Vandenbeld Liberal Ottawa West—Nepean, ON

Thank you.

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Liberal

The Vice-Chair Liberal Nathaniel Erskine-Smith

Mr. Baylis.

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Liberal

Frank Baylis Liberal Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC

Mr. Silvester, you stated that the donations between Vote Leave and BeLeave and all that were legal.

11:10 a.m.

Chief Operating Officer, AggregateIQ

11:10 a.m.

Liberal

Frank Baylis Liberal Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC

You also mentioned a court case. You knew about the court case in the U.K.

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Chief Operating Officer, AggregateIQ

Jeff Silvester

Yes. I was made aware of that by a gentleman at Vote Leave.

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Liberal

Frank Baylis Liberal Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC

It went through the courts that it was legal to make the donation.

11:10 a.m.

Chief Operating Officer, AggregateIQ

11:10 a.m.

Liberal

Frank Baylis Liberal Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC

Is it legal to coordinate?

11:10 a.m.

Chief Operating Officer, AggregateIQ

Jeff Silvester

Are you talking about the U.K. election law?

No, coordination is not legal.

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Liberal

Frank Baylis Liberal Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC

Coordination is not legal, but donation is legal.

Coordination is not. Is that right?

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Chief Operating Officer, AggregateIQ

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Liberal

Frank Baylis Liberal Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC

You started doing work for Vote Leave. How does BeLeave know about you? It's not about how they got paid, because that's okay, that's allowable.

How did they know about you?

11:10 a.m.

Chief Operating Officer, AggregateIQ

Jeff Silvester

I don't know how they came to know about us specifically, but I do know how they contacted us at first and that was via email. I think I provided that to the committee.

11:10 a.m.

Liberal

Frank Baylis Liberal Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC

It's fine how they contacted you by email.

My question for you is, how did they know about you, because at the time—

11:10 a.m.

Chief Operating Officer, AggregateIQ

Jeff Silvester

You'd have to ask Mr. Grimes.

11:10 a.m.

Liberal

Frank Baylis Liberal Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC

Well, I'm asking you. At the time, this was the sum total of your Facebook page. It says, “AggregateIQ, changing the way you work with your data”.

You're a small company in B.C. How does BeLeave know to contact you?

This is all that's on your database. This is your Facebook page.

I'll repeat it: “AggregateIQ, changing the way you work with your data”.

11:15 a.m.

Chief Operating Officer, AggregateIQ

Jeff Silvester

That was an old....