Jenica Atwin at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On October 26th, 2023. See this statement in context.

October 26th, 2023 / 4:55 p.m.

Liberal

Jenica Atwin Liberal Fredericton, NB

Thank you so much for being here today.

I think we're all trying to wrap our minds around what's occurred here and how to move forward.

I'm looking at one of the reports of misconduct that were submitted by Botler AI. An allegation was made that Kristian Firth of GC Strategies approached you on behalf of Cameron MacDonald, the then-director general of the CBSA, about securing this contract. There is a statement that says that Mr. Firth organized meetings between Botler and Mr. MacDonald, who advised them on how to pitch their software to John Ossowski, then-president of the CBSA.

Can you talk about what the nature of those conversations was? Was it on how to pitch your software? What were the tools of the trade or the advice that was offered to you?

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