Right.
In a particular case like this, this isn't a friend of the minister's, to our knowledge. I haven't seen any evidence to that effect. This is an individual who was the former head of Home Depot Canada, who started the Michaels store, who has a lengthy history in business, who sits on any number of private sector boards and who sat on boards appointed by the former Conservative government, the Harper government.
Was there any reason to think, from the PCO's perspective, that there was a problematic relationship with the then minister?