Public Safety committee  Giving the level of granularity that I did.

Public Safety committee  I think I just said that, yes.

Public Safety committee  As I was saying earlier, Mr. Chairman, once our report is completed, it will be given to government and the government will decide what to do with it.

Public Safety committee  I don't think anybody has to defend themselves against anything. You're taking a very small number of examples and you're suggesting that the entire political class in British Columbia should feel threatened by what I've said. I submit that's incorrect.

Public Safety committee  I can't comment on what they've written to me. The reason I gave the two examples was to try to illustrate the nature of the problem we have. If I had simply said there is foreign interference in Canada, you, ladies and gentlemen, would all be at your holidays right now. The point would not have been made.

Public Safety committee  I did not.

Public Safety committee  I made accusations. I made a suggestion that they were under some level of influence.

Public Safety committee  That is your opinion, sir.

Public Safety committee  It may not have been smart, but no one was charged with violating the law.

Public Safety committee  No, again, because I did not think they merited ministerial attention. They had not reached that point. And they did not appear to us to be critical in the sense of immediate harm likely to take place.

Public Safety committee  Yes, Mr. Chair.

Public Safety committee  Through the media.

Public Safety committee  Absolutely not, Mr. Chair.

Public Safety committee  No, Mr. Chair. Can I explain why? Because the remarks I made to the group on March 26 were not classified statements or information.

Public Safety committee  The information was not highly secure, nor did it require a high level of security clearance.