Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to thank our witness for coming in today. My sense is that there is strong candour here, but I'd like to ask some questions.
I come from a business background and less of a politician one, so I'm trying to understand the business relationships. You've indicated in your testimony that your cousin was the gentleman who introduced you to Mr. Jaffer. Through the course of what seems to me a very quick timeframe, you seemed to engage in a relationship with him or on a basis on which you were about to enter into some contractual terms.