Evidence of meeting #127 for Government Operations and Estimates in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was emails.
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Chief Technology Officer of the Government of Canada, Treasury Board Secretariat
No, I didn't, in the early days of the pandemic or during the development of the ArriveCAN app.
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Liberal
Charles Sousa Liberal Mississauga—Lakeshore, ON
Did you have any dealings with Mr. [Inaudible—Editor], a card-carrying Conservative from Dalian Enterprises at all?
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Chief Technology Officer of the Government of Canada, Treasury Board Secretariat
I don't recall having any meetings with them, but I don't have access to my calendar.
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Liberal
Charles Sousa Liberal Mississauga—Lakeshore, ON
Mr. Doan, would you co-operate with the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner if an investigation was asked for?
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Chief Technology Officer of the Government of Canada, Treasury Board Secretariat
Yes, of course I would.
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Liberal
Charles Sousa Liberal Mississauga—Lakeshore, ON
Do you know why you're being targeted? What do you think is happening to you right now?
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Chief Technology Officer of the Government of Canada, Treasury Board Secretariat
I can't speak to the motivations of others, but I held them in high esteem. I had high regard for them. If they had nothing to hide, they would not have to shift blame to others or would not try to stop investigations.
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Liberal
Charles Sousa Liberal Mississauga—Lakeshore, ON
I know you were trying to read the affidavits about claims against you. You don't have to read them in their entirety. To my point, to my colleague across, Mr. Barrett, what I was suggesting is that I commend your ability to answer these questions, both in English and in French. That was my comment to you in regard to that. If you have anything more to add in regard to the affidavits or anything else that's happening here today, please do add them.
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Chief Technology Officer of the Government of Canada, Treasury Board Secretariat
I thank the chair and the honourable members for the accommodations that were given to me today, including the breaks. As I said at the outset, I have cardiac disease. I'm still on sick leave. My doctor's advice was to avoid stressful situations because it can cause angina or heart attacks. I have family that I provide for. I have young kids. I'd rather avoid going back to the ICU or even worse. I want to thank the members and the chair for the accommodations. This has been extremely difficult. Somebody, I think, misspoke that it was three years and not three hours. It certainly felt more like three years than three hours, but I tried to answer with facts, and I will continue to do so.
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Liberal
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kelly McCauley
Thank you, Mr. Sousa.
Thank you very much, Mr. Doan. You are dismissed.
We are adjourned.