Government Operations committee  There were other sources, and their names remain privileged information. I'm not at liberty to divulge those to this committee.

Government Operations committee  It's in part attorney-client privilege. There are also other privileges in play, including the lawyer's work product privilege.

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Madam Chair and members of the committee. Good afternoon. I am a law partner at the law firm of Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP. It is a matter of public record that I have been retained by Conservative Fund Canada and the Conservative Party of Canada to act as its legal counsel and provide legal advice and direction to its various governing bodies, its employees, and its leader, the Right Honourable Stephen Harper.

Government Operations committee  Yes. And I appreciate that questioners have limited time, so I will synthesize. The basis of the allegations, as Mr. Snowdy has already testified before this committee, is this: there is a significant attempt by Mr. Gillani and Mr. Jaffer to defraud potential investors as they hold themselves out as venture capitalists.