Rick Perkins at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

In your opening, you said you were responsible for the appointments, yet you take no responsibility for any of them.

Were you aware that Steven Guilbeault was the lobbyist for Cycle Capital? In his time as the lobbyist, Cycle Capital received $111 million in grants from SDTC. In fact, in 2018 and 2019, he met 25 times with Industry—your office—and the PMO.

Did you ever meet with Steven Guilbeault on these projects before he was elected?

Let me guess: You don't recall.