Yes. I initiated a call with her in the afternoon of December 19 to check in on the SNC-Lavalin file and other things in getting ready for January. I was calling her as the Minister of Justice.
I remember, in thinking about January and what issues were going to come back, we'd have to move out of the gate quickly because of the return of the House, and so on. There were a number of legal files and issues that were coming up. So I checked in with the Minister of Justice on the issue and where it was likely to go, and whether a deferred prosecution agreement was still an option.
I conveyed to her that a lot of her colleagues and the Prime Minister were quite anxious about what they were hearing and reading in the business press about the future of the company, the options that were being openly discussed in the business press about the company moving or closing.
I can tell you with complete assurance that my view of those conversations is that they were within the boundaries of what's lawful and appropriate. I was informing the minister of context. She may have another view of the conversation, but that's something the Ethics Commissioner could sort out.