Thank you, Mr. Trudeau.
I know there is a conflict of facts that's come out in your testimony. You've said that Ms. Fournier is wrong and The Globe and Mail is wrong. You've implied disagreements with CSIS as well. The committee and the public are going to have to decide what they believe in terms of the facts.
I've read your book on China and I know you've done a lot of thinking about China. There are two things I find particularly unbelievable in your testimony.
The first is about foreign donations to the Trudeau foundation skyrocketing as soon as your brother became Prime Minister. The allegation isn't that the foundation was taking policy positions, but that people were donating to the foundation with the intention of currying favour with the Prime Minister as a result.
Even without all the other facts, it seems suspicious on the face of it that there was a massive spike in foreign donations as soon as the Prime Minister took office, yet it seems that you're contending this was a coincidence.
The second thing, from what you're saying.... We're talking about different meetings. People are coming to those meetings who are from the consulate or who are affiliated with United Front-backed organizations. You're saying that in every case, they're probably just there for translation.
The implication of your comment, sir, is that there aren't qualified translators available in this country who aren't affiliated with the Chinese government, or that it's somehow normal for apolitical Chinese people in Canada to go to the Chinese government for assistance with translation services.
Isn't that unbelievable?