Information & Ethics committee  I actually spoke to a gentleman named Charles Vincent. I can even tell you how I found Mr. Vincent. Essentially, I knew one single politician who I thought might be able to get me to Ottawa. I called the Mayor of Stratford, Dan Mathieson, whom I personally know. I asked him if he knew anybody.

Information & Ethics committee  The only thing I would mention is that I did not know Mr. Baylis, number one. Number two, it never dawned on me that politics would ever enter into my relationships with my subcontractors. That's it. We were doing a job that we thought.... I can tell you that we worked 16 hours a day and we had a huge team of people who were involved in this project.

Information & Ethics committee  Are you asking me if I'm a lobbyist? Is that the question? No, I'm not a lobbyist. I'm an auto parts manufacturer. This is the first time I've ever been involved in a government contract. Simply, our theory was that we had three—

Information & Ethics committee  Oh. I'm sorry.

Information & Ethics committee  My apologies.

Information & Ethics committee  It's exactly what I said in my opening introduction. We thought we could make ventilators. Our theory for Ventilators for Canadians was to go license a ventilator. I make auto parts every day. We make a safety device. First of all, in auto parts, when making brakes, you have to stop a car at a very high speed.

Information & Ethics committee  That's no problem.

Information & Ethics committee  Okay. My apologies, folks.

Information & Ethics committee  I can hear you perfectly.

Information & Ethics committee  I did not have it selected. What do I have to do?

Information & Ethics committee  Excuse me, Mr. Chair. Unfortunately, I'm not getting any interpretation simultaneously. I apologize. I don't know what he just said.

Information & Ethics committee  I did not.

Information & Ethics committee  Sure, I'm happy to do that. Good afternoon, Mr. Chair and honourable members. I'm happy to provide information on how a Guelph company came to produce ventilators. I am the president of FTI Professional Grade Inc. We are the prime contractor for the delivery of 10,000 V4C-560 ventilators.