Information & Ethics committee  None at all, sir, because the only budget I had from the Conservative Party, which they gave us, was only $1,000, and that's what I ran on.

Information & Ethics committee  None at all, sir.

Information & Ethics committee  You're welcome, sir.

Information & Ethics committee  Sir, to tell you the truth, when I was interviewed last year by le quotidien Le Devoir, they said, “Mr. Martelli, your name's not on the list.” Isn't that nice? I'm not on the list. Why is Elections Canada asking me so many questions? So I really don't know. That you'd have to ask these gentlemen.

Information & Ethics committee  Well, if I got less than 10%, why did Elections Canada ship back $8,000 that you guys took?

Information & Ethics committee  When Mr. Rivard called me, sir, as I said, I really didn't want anything more to do with this party, because I really felt insulted and I felt like saying, “Now you're in deep waters, fix it up yourself.” Oh, they were nice. They wanted to hire a lawyer to protect us. I said, “Michel, is this another scheme so you can send me the bill at the end of the month and say that this is the part that's costing me for being protected from you guys?

Information & Ethics committee  None at all, ma'am.

Information & Ethics committee  I know what happened. My agent received the document from the party. They told him to just sign it and fax it to them as soon as possible. So that's what he did. He, also being new to this experience, just signed and sent it to them. Then when he saw the bank reports, he said, “Listen, there is $14,000 in and $14,000 out.

Information & Ethics committee  You're welcome, ma'am.

Information & Ethics committee  If I'm not mistaken, sir, I think it was about 14.8% of the vote.

Information & Ethics committee  Well, from what I know, if you didn't get over 10%, you were supposed to pay back—

Information & Ethics committee  Excuse me, sir, perhaps I could answer. If I was looking at the newspaper, because usually—

Information & Ethics committee  No, I just want to answer your question.

Information & Ethics committee  Sir, if I may ask this, on January 24, following the day of the election, in La Presse they showed all the statistics, and I got 14.8% of the votes. That's what they had marked.

Information & Ethics committee  Well, it's you guys who deposited the amount in my account without any explanations.