Information & Ethics committee  Frankly, I did not look at them. I trusted this person on my team. He was a public servant from the Department of Foreign Affairs. I was sure that he was doing his job properly.

Information & Ethics committee  As I said in answering one of Mr. Thibault's questions, the invoices were submitted by Mrs. Mulroney, and someone on my team reviewed them to determine which were party expenses and which were personal expenses.

Information & Ethics committee  I was not involved in the meeting during which Mr. Mulroney signed this arrangement with the party. I do not know when it was held, why or how. All I know is that this arrangement was in place.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  I don't know. That is why I am calling on you to continue your work. We do not know where the $10 million ended up. So, it is possible...

Information & Ethics committee  I don't know. Frankly, I do not rule out the possibility that Mr. Schreiber kept the $10 million for himself. I do not know, but I want to know. I think Canadians want to know what happened to the $10 million.

Information & Ethics committee  I was most impressed by your skill in questioning Mr. Mulroney. I was really struck by your extraordinary...

Information & Ethics committee  Exactly.

Information & Ethics committee  Perhaps.

Information & Ethics committee  No, I am speaking out against the situation that existed in Ottawa formerly, and which still exists, in my view. During his testimony, Mr. Schreiber, an international businessman, said that a lobbyist had to be hired in order to do business with the Government of Canada.

Information & Ethics committee  I did not ask the question.

Information & Ethics committee  Absolutely not.

Information & Ethics committee  Absolutely not.

Information & Ethics committee  The cheques were written to the chief of staff of the Prime Minister. This is an arrangement that went back to the first chief of staff and continued with subsequent chiefs of staff. As far as I know, it continued after I left, but I don't know that for a fact. But the arrangement was in place for the first, second, third, and I was the fourth chief of staff, so I know that they had an arrangement.

Information & Ethics committee  No, this was in relation to this first set of documents. This was the reimbursement for expenses incurred as party leader. The way the system worked was that we had a staff member—in my time, actually, a gentleman who was seconded from the external affairs department—an official, a public servant, poring over this, to look at the expenses that were or could legitimately be considered to be expenses that Mr.