Public Safety committee  Thank you. My question relates to something Ms. Priddy was asking about, whether or not PCO is passive rather than being active. Given everything you've told us about the background checks on candidates to be appointed ministers, members of cabinet, secretaries of state, if anyone in PCO learned from a newspaper, TV, radio, or some Internet site that an individual who had an ongoing and close relationship with a minister was known to have been married to someone who is part of organized crime, was on the point of marrying someone else who is part of organized crime, had other relationships and business dealings with Monsieur Pépin, etc., do you think it would have been appropriate...?

Public Safety committee  What she said was that he didn't say it would impair an investigation.

Public Safety committee  On a point of order, I believe Mrs. Bloodworth would like to make a correction. She just made the statement that she doesn't know the facts, that she only knows what she reads in the paper. But she just testified that she was aware of the testimony of officer Souccar before this committee, on the record officially, that Madame Couillard was a person known to the RCMP.

Public Safety committee  Thank you.

Public Safety committee  Thank you. I'm glad you made that clarification. So your statement is that the Privy Council only learned that Madame Couillard was a person known to the police on the day and as a result of the testimony of officer Souccar of the RCMP, when he appeared before this committee Tuesday of last week.

Public Safety committee  Is that a yes or a no?

Public Safety committee  And what about the Privy Council Office? You say that in your capacity as a representative of the government, you were never officially informed by anyone of Ms. Couillard's shady past, and that all of the information you possess in this regard has come from the media. You do not even know if this information is correct or not.

Public Safety committee  Okay, I'll make it simple for you. The RCMP came here and testified that Madame Couillard was a person known to them. That's fact. They came here; they testified to that. So I'm asking, at any time, has anyone in the Privy Council been informed formally by anybody, from any department, that Madame Couillard was known to the police?

Public Safety committee  And the answer is no? Not you, not anyone else at Privy Council, at any time, not even to this date?

Public Safety committee  So the first time that anyone at Privy Council knew officially that Madame Couillard was known to the police was when officer Souccar came and testified here and made that statement and affirmation.

Public Safety committee  Ms. Bloodworth, when you keep saying “I”, are you speaking for yourself personally, or are you speaking for yourself and everyone at Privy Council?

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Ms. Bloodworth. You say that you are not very informed about this situation in particular, but when exactly did you personally become aware of Ms. Couillard's murky past? You stated that you had known since last summer that Ms. Couillard and Mr.

Public Safety committee  I am talking about Ms. Couillard's shady past and her links with organized crime and biker gangs. On what date, exactly, did you personally receive this information about Ms. Couillard? And what exact date did the Privy Council Office become aware of this?

Public Safety committee  If I understand you correctly, within the government, no matter the department or agency, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, the RCMP, Foreign Affairs, the Privy Council, the Department of Transport, the Department of Public Safety or the Prime Minister's Office itself, no one was ever officially informed by the Privy Council Office of Ms.

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