Information & Ethics committee  I'm here to answer, and I must say, by the way, that I was invited to come here. I was not insisting on coming or asking to come here. I have done my best to answer the questions honestly and fully. That is the limitation. I can't tell you things I don't know.

Information & Ethics committee  I believe so.

Information & Ethics committee  I'm not sure there was an issue. There was a concern raised by Dr. Fournier about whether or not the receipts had been properly issued. Subsequently we heard the testimony of Mr. Rosenberg, who was involved very much at the time—

Information & Ethics committee  My understanding from what I've heard in the previous testimony and what I'm informed is that both receipts went to the donor.

Information & Ethics committee  I discussed a broad range of things. I reviewed a broad range of things, but I'm chair of the board, and my involvement in day-to-day detail is quite minimal.

Information & Ethics committee  That's my understanding, yes. It was in honour of Dr. Norman Bethune, a Canadian.

Information & Ethics committee  That is what I understand.

Information & Ethics committee  That's my understanding, again, from the testimony of Alexandre Trudeau. That's right.

Information & Ethics committee  The agreement, and I think the agreement is included in the materials that have been provided to the committee and which I have read, specifies what the foundation is to do, and it's pretty broad. It has a lot of latitude, so that's the framework within which the donation was to be acted upon.

Information & Ethics committee  Do you mean the non-family members?

Information & Ethics committee  Non-family and non-government members absolutely control the board.

Information & Ethics committee  No. The consensus went the other way. At the March 31 board meeting where this was discussed, I had recommended the creation of the independent committee. The board, however, some directors, said they thought it would be better if the outside review were to report to the full board.

Information & Ethics committee  That's correct.

Information & Ethics committee  I can undertake to do exactly that.

Information & Ethics committee  We proceeded in the right way and I am satisfied with that.