I understand, but that is well outside the realm of my question. I was asking where the meeting took place. You've indicated that it did not take place at a reception.
I thank you for giving such a clear and unequivocal answer, because it shows contradiction to your testimony before this committee on April 6, 2004, when you said, and I quote, “I never had any formal meetings with these people.” You were referring to ad agencies. You said, “I met Mr. Boulay once at a reception, but never had any professional contact with these agencies.”
Herein lie two contradictions. First, before this committee in April of 2004, you said that you met with Mr. Boulay--once--at a reception. But here we have your testimony that you met with him on a separate occasion to discuss a $5,000 donation from him to the Liberal Party. And you said just now that the meeting did not occur at a reception.
So now we have a situation where you've said this meeting happened only once and that it did happen at a reception, to now admitting that there was a second meeting to discuss a $5,000 donation to the Liberal Party.
Mr. Pelletier, I'll be direct. Did you lie in your previous testimony before this committee, or are you lying now?