Government Operations Committee on Feb. 28th, 2008

[Mark Holland, Liberal, Ajax—Pickering, ON]

Was it a personal number or a work number?

[Dimitri Soudas]

I don't have any personal numbers other than my residence, sir.

[Mark Holland, Liberal, Ajax—Pickering, ON]

Where did he contact you?

[Dimitri Soudas]

The phone call was not made at my residence, sir.

[Mark Holland, Liberal, Ajax—Pickering, ON]

Okay. Where was the phone call placed?

[Dimitri Soudas]

Either on my cellphone or my office. Unfortunately, I don't keep such detailed information. When somebody calls me, I don't necessarily keep the details of whether they called me on my cellphone, on my BlackBerry, on my office number, or through the switchboard. There are several options to contact me, sir. E-mail--

[Mark Holland, Liberal, Ajax—Pickering, ON]

Was it the same phone number that Marcel Tremblay used to ask you about the Rosdev file?

[Dimitri Soudas]

Like I said, sir, I have business numbers for my work-related responsibilities and I have a home number.

[The Chair, Liberal, Diane Marleau]

Merci, monsieur Holland.

Ms. Faille, for seven minutes.

[Meili Faille, Bloc, Vaudreuil—Soulanges, QC]

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thanking you for joining us today.

As I said earlier, we want to shed some light on this whole matter. I would like to start by asking Mr. Loiselle a few questions. I believe everyone explained their involvement to us. I'd like to come back to the meeting that took place in August 2006. For the record, could you state the location of the meeting and tell us who was in attendance?

[Frédéric Loiselle]

I believe four people attended the August 2006 meeting with Mr. Soudas. The meeting took place in the Prime Minister's Office in the Langevin Block. I was there, along with Mr. Soudas, an assistant from my office and another aid in the PMO.

[Meili Faille, Bloc, Vaudreuil—Soulanges, QC]

I see. You were present, as was Mr. Soudas. Who else was there?

[Frédéric Loiselle]

Another member of the Prime Minister's staff.

[Meili Faille, Bloc, Vaudreuil—Soulanges, QC]

I see. Can we have the name of your assistant?

[Frédéric Loiselle]

Claude Alain, the senior advisor.

[Meili Faille, Bloc, Vaudreuil—Soulanges, QC]

Fine. What was the name of the person from the Prime Minister's Office?

[Frédéric Loiselle]

It was Mr. Béland.

[Meili Faille, Bloc, Vaudreuil—Soulanges, QC]

And Mr. Béland is an advisor...

[Frédéric Loiselle]

A policy advisor.

[Meili Faille, Bloc, Vaudreuil—Soulanges, QC]

So he was also a policy advisor. Did he have the same status as you, Mr. Soudas?

[Dimitri Soudas]

I'm sorry, he worked for PMO Policy.

[Meili Faille, Bloc, Vaudreuil—Soulanges, QC]

All right. Thank you. So then, Rosdev representatives did not attend.

[Frédéric Loiselle]

No, they did not.

[Meili Faille, Bloc, Vaudreuil—Soulanges, QC]

Did Rosdev representatives attend any meetings prior to the August 2006 meeting?

[Frédéric Loiselle]

No.