Sir, you're quoted as saying that you “'fibbed' in an effort to put pressure on Ms. Dutt to take more action on the file.” You were admitting this to Bill Curry, a reporter for The Globe and Mail. If that's not a definition of a lie, I don't what is.
What is your definition of “fibbed”? I can understand why you have some great difficulty in this, because you want to maintain your credibility, sir, but you've admitted to a reporter that you lied to a client with whom you had a contractual relationship.