Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Mayor Brown, I'd like to echo the comments of my colleagues and thank you for being here with us today.
I appreciate your comment that you sincerely believe the results of the leadership race were not affected by foreign interference. I think our committee's main concern is the inference that the attempt was even made in the first place.
As you know, there was a reference in the NSICOP report. We also know CBC/Radio-Canada spoke to five anonymous sources from your campaign who individually and separately provided specific examples of how the Indian government was pressuring members of your campaign to not sell memberships, to make sure you weren't invited to specific events. Now, I've never been in a leadership campaign myself, but I have been through three elections. Generally, staff try to insulate the candidate from the inner workings of a campaign office, but if something is going wrong, as a candidate you can always kind of sense it.
We have allegations from five anonymous sources who were part of your leadership campaign, and they have provided specific examples. As a candidate, could you ever corroborate them? Were you ever aware there was an undercurrent of inappropriate pressure being applied by agents of the Indian government?