Information & Ethics committee  No, they sent me a transfer agreement that money would go into our account and then I'd sign a transfer for it to go back out again. It's a bank transfer form.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, sir. I have it right outside.

Information & Ethics committee  The way I tried to explain it earlier, I thought we were going to receive election materials. They were giving us money so we could buy election materials that they were going to provide to us.

Information & Ethics committee  That's correct.

Information & Ethics committee  It was not at the end, but yes, that's correct. It was before the election.

Information & Ethics committee  Not at the time. We only got instructions on how to account for it when we did the report.

Information & Ethics committee  I mistakenly assumed we would be receiving election materials—i.e., posters, buttons, whatever—and that was going to be our cost. I thought it would be a donation to us, and then they would send us the materials and then they would charge us for materials, and that's what it was for.

Information & Ethics committee  No. It was just in information material I received from Elections Canada.

Information & Ethics committee  That's correct.

Information & Ethics committee  No, I did not.

Information & Ethics committee  No, I did not.

Information & Ethics committee  Not that I can recall.

Information & Ethics committee  I am somewhat, yes.

Information & Ethics committee  I did at that time.

Information & Ethics committee  It was approximately $7,700.