Please, Mr. Chair; please. I'm assuming the chair will reset the clock. I'll be glad to repeat the question as long as I get my time back.
Okay, that's fine, sir. I'll be glad to repeat the question.
What I said was that you testified here.... Come on, sir, it's the second part in the document. You had to have pored over this stuff. By now you must know it by heart. I know I would, if I were coming here.
So you were asked what role your office played concerning the administrative details of the sponsorship program, and you answered:
We at the Prime Minister's Office were in no way involved in the administrative management of the program. I want that to be very clearly understood.
And then you said at the commission:
Yes, certain events would ask too much, and I would say, “No, that doesn’t make any sense. That’s too much. It’s a worthwhile event, but not at that level.”
Again, this refers to level of funding.
So on the one hand, you're making it categorically clear that your office had nothing to do with the administration. Then later on, in front of the commissioner, you're saying yes; you seemed to have a great involvement in some of these decisions.