I believe there are a few questions there, and I'll try to address them as directly as possible.
How they came to be has been an issue of contention, as you rightly point out. There was testimony by some witnesses that it was an unsolicited proposal from GC Strategies. I've heard from the president of CBSA, at this committee or another committee, that it was actually, in fact, not an unsolicited proposal by this individual. As you say, this individual found this company and then asked them to work with GC Strategies, which is consistent with some social media messages that I've seen posted by Botler. I do believe your summary of events to be consistent with what I've seen in terms of testimony and evidence.
In terms of other testimony, though, I wasn't involved in the payment of Botler. That was delegated to my team. I'd heard from early testimony back in the late fall, and it was my understanding, that they were paid for the two out of six modules that they had delivered and that the contract was stopped. Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of details, in terms of what payments were and were not made. I would perhaps redirect that question to CBSA officials who would have all the details of which invoices and which modules were paid. My understanding from testimony here was that they were paid for the work they had completed and accepted.