Ms. Verschuren was indeed appointed very quickly. We've heard that from a number of witnesses. That said, I want to emphasize that Ms. Lawrence told us repeatedly that she tried to warn of potential conflicts of interest with respect to Ms. Verschuren's candidacy.
You're telling me that you were not aware. It would seem Ms. Lawrence told other people in the department about it, but didn't tell you. That's what I'm getting here. She never told you she had concerns about Ms. Verschuren's candidacy for chair of the board of Sustainable Development Technology Canada.