Mr.Chairman, I'll pick up on the point of Mr. Laforest when he says it doesn't make sense. He's absolutely right, it doesn't make sense, because that is not what I did whatsoever.
Mr. Lewis came to me. I met with him twice to discuss some concerns that he had. During the first discussion that I had with him, I was having difficulty actually understanding what he was talking about. I actually went to the NEC, which is the national executive committee, of the divisional representative system. I said, “I'm trying to understand what Mr. Lewis is trying to complain about here.” They said to me, “We have trouble understanding what he's trying to complain about on this also.”
In any event, I met with Mr. Lewis a second time. We went over the same issues. I tried to find out and identify exactly what he was talking about. I was able to discern from the discussion and from his complaints that he was worried about nepotism and he was worried about contract splitting. He was alleging that some charges were made against the administration of the pension fund that were inappropriate.
At a certain point during that meeting I said, “Ron, I think I have an understanding of what you are trying to tell me. I'm going to get up and I'm to go to--”