Thank you very much, Chair.
Mr. Doan, you have appeared at this committee twice before, and unfortunately you have been evasive and have refused to clearly answer direct questions, and we're seeing that again today. This has resulted in you asserting falsehoods, which have been refuted since your last appearance by witnesses who have since attended this committee.
During your appearance on November 14, 2023, and again today in your opening remarks, you stated that in relation to the two options for ArriveCAN, “There was no company associated with the second option.” That's a quote from your testimony on November 14, in reference to the GC Strategies option, which I believe you reiterated again today.
However, Mr. Doan, we have been given the slide decks of the two options which were presented to you, both the Deloitte slide deck and the GC Strategies slide deck.
In what we can see on the Deloitte slide deck, there is no logo or anything to indicate which company is behind that option, yet you knew that it was Deloitte. On the GC Strategies slide deck, there was the logo of their primary subcontractor, Distill Mobile, yet you claim to have had no knowledge of which company was responsible for this option. Why did you lie to this committee at that time?