Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Former Liberal minister Bains led the committee to believe that he had no active role in the appointment of Ms. Verschuren beyond receiving a recommendation from the Prime Minister's department, the PCO, as part of a so-called “open, transparent, merit-based” process.
You know that isn't true, just as you knew it wasn't true when you misled the committee in June. Isn't that right?
The question is for the former Liberal minister, Mr. Bains.