Information & Ethics committee  I definitely had some concerns around the possibility of Chinese investments, depending on where those investments were. The additional information that was provided to me was that one was with Tencent and one was with Baidu. I did google them and saw that there were some concerns around those companies in relation to the issue of privacy, especially that of the Chinese people.

Information & Ethics committee  That's correct.

Information & Ethics committee  That's correct.

Information & Ethics committee  I'm sorry. I missed the end of the question in my translation.

Information & Ethics committee  It was after.

Information & Ethics committee  No.

Information & Ethics committee  No.

Information & Ethics committee  I am not aware of the level of involvement Ms. Fournier had in my being put forward. I found out much later that it was a different member who had put my name forward. It was not her. I don't know the level of involvement she would have had.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes. I will conclude. As mayor, I was offered free trips to China. I saw other Canadian leaders, business people, indigenous and municipal leaders, take those free trips. I'm concerned about their independence and the implications of foreign investment, especially in critical infrastructure and critical mines.

Information & Ethics committee  Good morning. My name is Madeleine Redfern. I am an Inuk from the South Baffin region of Nunavut. My work, past and present, is quite varied, stemming from business, law, politics and non-governmental organizations at the national, regional and local level. That includes the Indspire board, the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, previously on the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, the Canadian Arctic Innovation Association, Inuit Business Council and more.