Evidence of meeting #55 for Public Accounts in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was contracts.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Liberal
Liberal
As an Individual
That's when I started working for the government. I did a small contract the year before, but April of this year is when I started working as a term or casual employee.
Liberal
Judy Sgro Liberal York West, ON
Did you have any letters of recommendation from the RCMP in your files?
I'm just surprised that you—
As an Individual
I didn't get.... I did not ask for letters of recommendation from the RCMP.
Liberal
As an Individual
I divulged everything. I divulged everything. I divulged the investigations. I divulged the audit. I divulged the Auditor General's report. I divulged everything that I knew. It was fully put on the table, and they did their security process after that.
As an Individual
Well, they would do a thorough job. If you saw their security process, you would see the thorough job they did, their global risk assessment on top of other things they've done. I would really ask you to look into their security process.
Liberal
Judy Sgro Liberal York West, ON
It's quite amazing how you've managed to do all of this.
Mr. Brazeau, my understanding in reading the KPMG report was that you did not cooperate with them. What are your feelings on that? You clearly didn't want to cooperate with them. You felt it was not fair and it was biased and so on and so forth. Would you elaborate on all of that?
As an Individual
I didn't agree with their findings and conclusions. I also didn't agree with the process that was taken.
Liberal
Judy Sgro Liberal York West, ON
Were you ever given a chance to discuss the various ways in which contracts were being issued?
As an Individual
I was given a chance to be interviewed by KPMG, but I have to wait until the appropriate setting for that. This is not the forum where I will be defending my actions.
I'm going through the grievance process with the Public Service Labour Relations Board to get fully reinstated. I thought we had an agreement on the table with Public Works, and the day after the government called the new probe on the pension, it was taken away from the table.
Liberal
As an Individual
No, I'm not grieving the report. I'm grieving what happened to me: I've been fired.
As an Individual
No. I found work in the private sector, and for the last two weeks I've been back in government as a term employee.
Liberal
Judy Sgro Liberal York West, ON
As a term employee. At what point will you be commenting on this report?
As an Individual
Once I get to the grievance process or a court. That's the appropriate forum for me.
Liberal
Judy Sgro Liberal York West, ON
It seems like a very difficult thing for you to have to go 32 months looking for an opportunity to get to your own side of this issue.