He didn't use the words “technical direction”. I'm glad you brought up technical direction, because why was it impossible for you to phrase how you were involved with GC Strategies when you last testified before committee? You went through all these mental gymnastics to try to make us believe that it wasn't your decision alone, that it was your team, and you had 1,600 employees.
No one believes you, Mr. Doan. I wanted to give you a safe environment to finally come clean with the truth, and it appears that you are incapable of doing it. Someone has to accept responsibility for giving $9 million of taxpayer money to GC Strategies on the ArriveCAN app. That is a fact. That is reality. Mr. Firth from GC Strategies confirmed that.
I'm asking you: Are you accepting responsibility for that, or is Mr. MacDonald lying?