On August 28, 2023, I received a call from Minh Doan telling me that Minister Marco Mendicino wanted someone's head on a platter, but that he did not know whether it would be the head of the chief financial officer, Mr. Moor, or his own as chief information officer. Then he changed his mind and decided that he was going to tell the committee that I was responsible. I told him that I had not made the decision and that I had given him two options. I also told him that this is what I would say to the committee.
However, Mr. Doan became ill and did not appear before the committee. On Monday morning, I told my former supervisor, Nancy Hamzawi, that I was being threatened. She told me to talk to my supervisor, who was the associate deputy minister at the time, Heather Jeffrey. I did so on Tuesday morning. She then called the CBSA to say that I was being threatened, and then she met with me to tell me not to talk to the CBSA or Minh Doan because of what was going on. She told me that the CBSA was aware of the situation and that I should step away and stay away. That's what I did.