Information & Ethics committee  I do have an answer for that. His best friend--and I don't know if I am his best friend, but we certainly had a very friendly relationship, and we still do--could not serve him well. He was not being well-served, because his friend, me, had a real-time job. It's a job as the exec

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you, Mr. Szabo.

Information & Ethics committee  I mentioned them one evening by telephone last fall, shortly before his testimony.

Information & Ethics committee  Agreed.

Information & Ethics committee  I agree. He wasn't a client in the strict sense of the term, but, well, yes, you're right. The question you raise is whether I discussed that amount with him? No.

Information & Ethics committee  No.

Information & Ethics committee  I told you: that evening, he called me to tell me very calmly and very specifically that there were three $75,000 payments.

Information & Ethics committee  I never was a member of any political party.

Information & Ethics committee  What activity?

Information & Ethics committee  No.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, I did.

Information & Ethics committee  Number one, the relationship with Mr. Mulroney was terminated simply because, as I explained to the media, helping Mr. Mulroney with his communication when it involved six or seven calls a month was something I could deal with; helping Mr. Mulroney with his communication when it

Information & Ethics committee  By Mr. Gérald Tremblay.

Information & Ethics committee  No.

Information & Ethics committee  First, he is no longer a client, if you mean that in the strict sense of the term.