I'm going to interrupt you there, Mr. Clark, because this letter you sent was all about the issue of the kind of influence you may have exerted over the purchase of this condominium. If you want to try to distract and confuse, I'm just going to use the time I have to keep us on task here.
We have received emails and official documents that indicated that you were instrumental in getting the ball rolling on the purchase of the new residence. That's why you hurriedly wrote this letter. It was to say the comments that were made were only made in passing. I think we've already debunked the theory that you were only making comments in passing, especially since they were comments made upon your arrival. We also have the official report from Global Affairs Canada.
Mr. Clark, the issue we are facing here is that you have obviously and shamelessly lied to this committee on multiple occasions.
My question for you right now is, why don't you just come clean with this committee and Canadians, admit you've lied, follow in Randy Boissonnault's footsteps and resign?