Government Operations committee  She had an office in Confederation. I've seen many ministerial offices. I wouldn't describe hers as a ministerial suite.

Government Operations committee  There were, but this wasn't one of them.

Government Operations committee  No, absolutely not. I made that clear in my first testimony, that there was never any—

Government Operations committee  That's because they weren't related to the mandate of the study of this committee; otherwise, I would.

Government Operations committee  The mandate of this committee seems to be everything under the sun, but I think that—

Government Operations committee  I've served on committees, just as you have.

Government Operations committee  Absolutely.

Government Operations committee  I just said that it was common knowledge. To many of my former colleagues, it was common knowledge that they could get hold of me through Helena's office. Not everyone—

Government Operations committee  I found that completely outrageous. There's no proof of it. For him to continue to perpetuate that sort of statement, as a lawyer, is beyond me. The only reason I can find to explain it is that they have to justify the way they treated my wife, so they're trying to dig up all these allegations.

Government Operations committee  No. You'll have to ask my wife—I can't speak for her—but they haven't contacted me. I think she has tried to contact the RCMP about their so-called investigation.

Government Operations committee  Again, you'll have to ask my wife; she had the discussion. From what I understood, it was not clear.

Government Operations committee  Can you repeat the name of the company?

Government Operations committee  I don't know, because I wasn't directly involved with that company. It was my partner—

Government Operations committee  But as I recollect...I can't answer your question about any funding, because I wasn't involved with any follow-up on the funding on that particular company. I mentioned to you that when I met Mr. Wenger, the nature of the meeting was, on his request, for personal business. Then I followed up with an e-mail at a later date on this particular issue.

Government Operations committee  No, if I could clarify, he suggested I contact them. I had my own contact in Edmonton, which I had developed over the course of being a member of Parliament.