Without a doubt, I was surprised to get that card. That being said, I don't recall there being a caveat attached to his handing that card out to us. But he certainly didn't say, “I work for the government. I'm going to get you funding.”
I knew he was no longer in office, so I was able to draw my own conclusion that he still had relationships with the government, but not that he was going to knock on the doors of the caucus and get funding.