Government Operations committee  No, I have never been to Panama.

Government Operations committee  I don't think so.

Government Operations committee  I understand. One thing we can't confuse.... My personal website talked about my experience when I was in government, not related to my business website. Our business website spoke directly on what type of work we were doing in our company. A number of things that were outlined in my personal website talked about my experience, as I served as a member of Parliament, and the work that I did.

Government Operations committee  We don't do any private consulting.

Government Operations committee  There have been people who have come to us and said, “Can you help us with this?“ We would say, “That's not the business we're in, but this is where we can direct you. Either talk to the department person, call the minister's office yourself, or whatever it might be, but this is what you can do.

Government Operations committee  No, because that's not the focus of our business.

Government Operations committee  Well, that's not the process.

Government Operations committee  That's not the process. Just so you're clear--

Government Operations committee  My partner addressed that. Initially, as we mentioned, we were introduced to Mr. Gillani on the basis that he wanted us to do a review on this technology. We were never asked to do a formal.... In the end, we never did a formal review. We were never paid for it. There was no--

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Gourde. I've never presented myself as a lobbyist. If that were our business, yes, I would have registered. I would have gone through the process to make sure that I followed all the rules under the Lobbying Act. But that was not the nature of our business, and I never told anyone I interacted with that I could help them in securing any form of government support.

Government Operations committee  I can assure you, Tom, that statement was not on our website, because that's not something we offer anyone we deal with. Just to back up—

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  No, not at all on my personal site.

Government Operations committee  Not that I'm aware of. That's not something that we do, Tom. But if I could say, there's only been one person—and unfortunately we don't know all of his business dealing, but we see that he's had some other issues—who has made this claim. We don't do that kind of work. And for whatever reason, if he's made that claim or not, as we've seen in reports, it's unsubstantiated.

Government Operations committee  That was, I believe, on our corporate website, because that was the experience Mr. Glémaud had in his prior life when he worked in the government, and he still continues to do some of that work with different levels of government in the U.S. and here in Canada. He could answer that question.