I knew before I attended the two meetings that officials of the Prime Minister's Office would attend. That's all I knew before the meeting, and I wasn't any wiser after the meeting about why they had attended.
One of the minister's staffers asked me to go through it. It is a commercial file. The minister's office asked questions. Perhaps he asked us the questions he knew the Prime Minister's Office would want answers to. I'm only speculating. I can assure you they didn't speak. I clearly remember Mr. Béland sitting across the table from me with his arms folded, looking at me as I gave the explanation. That is exactly my recollection of what happened.