I haven't asked you a question yet, sir, okay? This is my time, and this is how I'm ultimately going to frame the question to you. I wanted you to be aware of that, sir. Okay?
When we go back to taking a look at why Botler would have the need to record you, it's very, very clear early on, when you take a look at all of the stories, that they thought it extremely unusual that it was the CBSA—you in particular, sir—who sought them out, and sought them out not directly by yourself or by one of your employees, but rather by a middle person, Kristian Firth, from GC Strategies, because their work previous to this particular engagement was directly with the Department of Justice. They had civil servants.... They reached out directly to Botler. They did the work. They got paid. There was no middleman, no “ghost contractor”, as we like to refer to GC Strategies. I want to bring that to your attention, sir.
Now, you also claim that it wasn't you who initiated the concept of CBSA engaging with Botler. You say it was actually Firth's idea. You know that Firth testified last week. Firth is on record as saying that it wasn't his idea but your idea—that you had researched it, and you wanted him to approach Botler.
Both sets of facts can't be true at the same time. You're saying something completely opposite, so who's lying to committee, Mr. Firth or you?