Government Operations committee  The only thing that we had done was present Mr. Jaffer and Mr. Glémaud with the Green Rite—Wright Tech proposal. There's some ambiguity there. Green Rite is the marketing arm, as such, of Wright Tech. So the Green Rite project was actually delivered to a government body for funding, there were comments that came back, and I received e-mail correspondence from Mr.

Government Operations committee  Absolutely.

Government Operations committee  Yes, absolutely.

Government Operations committee  I did not know that he had submitted anything, and as far as RLP is concerned, I would assume that he submitted to me just like he submitted to several others. RLP was a company that was part of the GPG portfolio before he met me. I met the principal of RLP. I had discussed various initiatives with him, and I almost had the opportunity to bid on a funding with a funder, but RLP was eventually funded prior to my opportunity to do so.

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  Typically when these types of agreements are used in my industry, they're standard when you want to introduce one party to another and don't want to be circumvented by the party that's looking to get funded. So you put an agreement like this together so that you can ensure that at the time something gets tabled, because eventually the funder is going to dictate the terms of the deal.

Government Operations committee  Inevitably, it's who is putting up the money who is going to decide. So on that basis we use these types of agreements, finder's fee agreements, to ensure that when that happens they can't simply circumvent us and do a deal directly with the funder.

Government Operations committee  I don't know.

Government Operations committee  Honourable members of Parliament, ladies and gentlemen, my name is Nazim Gillani. I was born on March 18, 1967, in London, England; I emigrated to this country in 1974, and I am the CEO of a company called International Strategic Investments, or ISI, for short. First, thank you for the opportunity to tell my side of the story and answer your questions.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chairman, I've come here voluntarily to testify and fully cooperate with the committee. I request to be sworn in as an indication of my support.