Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Rahme, on January 18, 2022, you wrote to the Verschuren Centre and stated that SDTC would “give best efforts” to help the Verschuren Centre secure funding. The whistle-blower stated in his testimony that “unprecedented” efforts were made by employees using SDTC's reputation to help secure funding for the Verschuren Centre, and we know that not long afterwards, you indicated that SDTC would undertake its best efforts to assist and that the Verschuren Centre received nearly $10 million in funding from ISED and ACOA.
How is it possible that you thought it was appropriate to use taxpayer-funded resources at SDTC to help secure funding for the chair's personal vanity project?