Your statement that none of your clients ever received any government grants and contributions is of no comfort to me, because you don't have to actually succeed to be guilty of influence peddling. You can be a lousy influence peddler and not bear any results. If you promise somebody that you can use your influence to further their personal private interests, that's the very definition of influence peddling. And it's a very serious offence, which is one of the reasons I actually didn't want you here today. I don't want you to be able to hide behind parliamentary privilege if in fact the investigation of your actions leads to criminal charges some time in the future.
On April 21st, 2010. See this statement in context.