No, I totally understand, Mr. Baylis.
Your other former colleague, Jane Philpott, whom I have enormous respect for, went to work up in my region when she finished parliamentary life. I think some of your Liberal colleagues made a complaint to Mr. Dion and she wasn't allowed to work with some of the most impoverished first nation communities. Your Liberal colleagues had said that under the rules, she couldn't do that as a former office holder.
I'm just trying to get a sense of how this came down. I was surprised that Minister Anand said she had never heard of you. She said she couldn't pick you out of a crowd. Personally, I thought she was selling you very short. You were very popular in Parliament. You were very well known.
I ask that because when the documents about this contract came out, it wasn't like you were treated as a subcontractor. Baylis Medical was named in all the press releases. It was right up front.
Do you see why these questions need to be asked? It's so we can reassure the public that the contracts that are awarded meet all the ethical standards, so there aren't favours being given to people who are former office holders.