Evidence of meeting #32 for Finance in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was pandemic.
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As an Individual
I realize that this would be an important detail. I can get that to you before the end of the meeting. It's in my email history.
I'm looking that up right now.
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Conservative
Tamara Jansen Conservative Cloverdale—Langley City, BC
Okay.
Can you think of what it would have been approximately? Was it mid-June, or end of June?
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As an Individual
It would be the end of the month, I think almost exactly, but let me confirm.
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Conservative
Tamara Jansen Conservative Cloverdale—Langley City, BC
Okay.
With that being said, you do admit, then, that you are the EA who Craig was suggesting sent out the message to Ben Chin. Is that correct?
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Conservative
Tamara Jansen Conservative Cloverdale—Langley City, BC
Was it approved by Craig? Did he see the message and approve it?
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As an Individual
It's hard to say what kind of approval it would refer to. I would give him sort of batches at a time, and he would—
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Conservative
Tamara Jansen Conservative Cloverdale—Langley City, BC
So he would have seen it, then. He would have seen it and said, yes, go ahead; you can send that.
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Conservative
Tamara Jansen Conservative Cloverdale—Langley City, BC
He would have actually read that message and said, yes, that's a good message.
The message to Ben Chin said, “Hello Ben, Thank you for your kindness in helping shape our latest program with the gov't. Warmly, Craig.” He would have approved that, then.
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Conservative
Tamara Jansen Conservative Cloverdale—Langley City, BC
But did he? I mean, that's my question. Did he approve that exact message?
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Conservative
Tamara Jansen Conservative Cloverdale—Langley City, BC
So you don't necessarily get approval before sending something like that? It sounds like you do.
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As an Individual
I give him any materials that I'm going to send out, available for his review, but he doesn't really do it word for word.
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Conservative
Tamara Jansen Conservative Cloverdale—Langley City, BC
How did you know that Ben Chin was helping in shaping that program? How would you have come up with that as a message?
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As an Individual
Great question.
I don't want to [Technical difficulty—Editor] for that one, because I don't specifically remember the process. Typically—
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Conservative
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Conservative
Tamara Jansen Conservative Cloverdale—Langley City, BC
Yes, I know, but the time is so short, and we're trying to find out why she would have said—
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Liberal
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As an Individual
I'll go as quickly as I can.
Essentially, I would have the name and I would look up both of them in our database, like our sales force.... I would look in his calendar. I would google them. Then I would just sort of put the puzzle pieces together, what they were probably most likely—
