It would seem to me that with all of that going on, shortly thereafter would be an odd time to change the chair, unless the chair requested that. In the time when that was going on....
Mr. Balsillie is not a shy guy. He speaks publicly on a lot of issues and has for a long time, as one of the co-founders of one of Canada's most iconic companies.
Did the minister's office or anyone at the political level ever contact you and express concern about what he was saying publicly while chair of SDTC?