Finance committee  Yes, I'm here. I don't know for how long, because the IT guys have been trying to fix the problem for one hour and a half.

Finance committee  All right. Can you hear me well? We spent an hour and a half trying to fix a technical problem, and I'm not the right person to fix it, I swear. IT people were here to deal with it. Can you hear me well now? I think that's what's important.

Finance committee  My remarks have already been sent to Mr. Roger. I will now make my opening statement. Thank you for your invitation to participate in the work of your committee. I'm a retired KPMG employee and I was... Can you hear me?

Finance committee  I'm sorry, but I was told that you couldn't hear me. So I will continue. Thank you for the invitation. I am retired from KPMG. I was an associate in the Montreal office for 25 years, from 1987 to 2014. I was never in charge of the tax department or any other department at KPM

Finance committee  I said that I was not personally involved and I directed you to the testimony of my former colleague who appeared before your committee.

Finance committee  Can you hear me?

Finance committee  Yes, good afternoon.

Finance committee  Yes, can you hear me?

Finance committee  Yes, I can hear you fine.

Finance committee  I can hear very well.

Finance committee  Actually, the product, what we call OCS planning, that is to say the foreign company structure, was offered on a national basis, not only in Montreal. However, in terms of my responsibility to the clients, my involvement in both situations was from Montreal.

Finance committee  The planning was developed by a group of senior tax experts, led by a man named Barrie Philp, and it was developed on a national level. The analysis was done on a national level. Then it was explained locally, in each of the provinces. When the situation was appropriate, it was d

Finance committee  KPMG did an overall assessment and stopped offering those products in 2002, 2003 or 2004. In fact, the decision was the firm's, not the local office in Montreal. That's why I hesitated. That decision was made by the firm on a national basis.

Finance committee  No.

Finance committee  No.