Evidence of meeting #18 for Government Operations and Estimates in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was gillani.
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5:15 p.m.
As an Individual
No, the matter at hand with Mr. Jaffer. The stuff with respect to Mr. Gillani, as I said before, I don't want to jeopardize anything that's ongoing there.
5:15 p.m.
Liberal
Alexandra Mendes Liberal Brossard—La Prairie, QC
But with Mr. Jaffer, why did the RCMP contact you on Mr. Jaffer?
5:15 p.m.
As an Individual
Because they were made aware that we were party to this representation, from what I understand. Again, I can't speak for them. The status of their investigation is probably something you'd want to inquire of them.
5:20 p.m.
Bloc
Richard Nadeau Bloc Gatineau, QC
Thank you, Madam Chair.
Mr. Harvey, if I understand this correctly, the Jaffer, Glémaud and Gillani threesome, so to speak, managed to bring you to bankruptcy last December.
5:20 p.m.
As an Individual
This was one of a series of events. Again, I can't say anything about Mr. Glémaud. I've never met him in my life, so I don't know.
5:20 p.m.
Bloc
Richard Nadeau Bloc Gatineau, QC
You met Mr. Jaffer—we talked about it earlier, but it came up again—through Mr. Gillani. So you met with Mr. Gillani a dozen times. That is what you said earlier.
5:20 p.m.
Bloc
Richard Nadeau Bloc Gatineau, QC
You met with him a number of times, we'll stick to that. Could you say with conviction that Mr. Jaffer played a tangible role for your company, collaboratively or alone? Did he do anything for your company?
5:20 p.m.
As an Individual
No. Nothing was ever achieved through any of this discussion around government funding.
5:20 p.m.
As an Individual
Again, the question remains whether Mr. Gillani made that representation alone or whether he had been instructed by Mr. Jaffer as to terms and conditions we could expect. You can draw your own conclusion as a reasonable person as to who would be making that representation.
5:20 p.m.
Bloc
Richard Nadeau Bloc Gatineau, QC
There was possibility of representation by Mr. Jaffer, but it was not really definite.
