Information & Ethics committee  In the context of the China of then, the Harper government didn't see any need to raise a red flag to you on the Trudeau foundation or on any of these contributions.

Information & Ethics committee  You never questioned the intention of the wealthy billionaires linked directly to the Communist regime who were highly interested in the scholarship of the Trudeau foundation. You did not question that.

Information & Ethics committee  They were not interested in the scholarship of the Trudeau foundation. It became a condition to their work at Université de Montréal.

Information & Ethics committee  Furthermore, and more damaging, are instructions that Beijing would reimburse him for the entire amount of the donation to the Trudeau foundation. You dismissed that as simply what—hearsay?

Information & Ethics committee  The facts are wrong. There was never any question of a million-dollar donation to the Trudeau foundation.

Information & Ethics committee  Exactly, so when when I get to that question of $140,000, how material was that? How much money was in the bank account of the Trudeau foundation at the time? How much money was there?

Information & Ethics committee  There are two things I find particularly unbelievable in your testimony. The first is about foreign donations to the Trudeau foundation skyrocketing as soon as your brother became Prime Minister. The allegation isn't that the foundation was taking policy positions, but that people were donating to the foundation with the intention of currying favour with the Prime Minister as a result.

Court Challenges Program Act  Does that sound familiar? We see a lot of that. Allan Rock is known for initiating legislation that put the Trudeau Foundation in place. He is also known, of course, for his relationship with the Chinese. It is super interesting, is it not? We have this super independent body with these secretive criteria that are not transparent and are being used to select panels, and further to that, there are two panels making decisions.

Information & Ethics committee  Rosenberg. As I explained, it wasn't their idea to make a donation to the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation.

Information & Ethics committee  I imagine that there had been some agreements with Mr. Lefebvre. Since the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation already existed, they no doubt thought that it would be better to begin by consulting Mr. Trudeau's family.

Information & Ethics committee  I would appreciate it you if you could briefly answer my last question, because I don't have much speaking time left. Who first suggested that the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation could be a vehicle through which the contribution could be given to the Université de Montréal?

Information & Ethics committee  I told the Université de Montréal that normally, all university donations should go through the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. That's not what they wanted to hear, but I asked them to wait until a certain senior official took up the position of president. After all, if anyone understands what democracy is all about, it's Mr.

Court Challenges Program Act  In the member's opinion, what is the definition of arm's length in developing the bill? Would that include someone from the Trudeau Foundation? Would it include some sister-in-law from somewhere? What is the actual definition of arm's length in the member's opinion?

Information & Ethics committee  I heard about it, like many of you, in the newspapers. It was a moment of realizing “You know what? No more academic diplomacy at the Trudeau foundation.”

Information & Ethics committee  You saw nothing that would look like foreign interference, and then less than two weeks later, there's suddenly a $70,000 cheque to the Trudeau foundation.