Public Accounts committee  Let me just say my family missed me.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Fitzpatrick. And without correcting Hansard, I believe it was Mr. McCallum himself who said nice words at the conclusion of Budget 2007--although, Mr. McCallum, I don't recall that specifically, but I think that is what you said.

Public Accounts committee  We have served financial institutions, yes.

Public Accounts committee  No.

Public Accounts committee  McPhie & Company had two staff working on Budget 2007. As I said at the outset, and as honourable members appreciate, it is a massive undertaking. You don't have a lot of time to go from what your inputs are to your result.

Public Accounts committee  That's correct, sir.

Public Accounts committee  I can tell the committee we are very confident we provided superb value for money to the taxpayers of Canada, the Government of Canada.

Public Accounts committee  I appreciate your correcting the record, Mr. Fitzpatrick.

Public Accounts committee  That was a rough estimate specifically with respect to some of the work we did with the Department of Finance. I don't have before me those exact figures.

Public Accounts committee  With respect, I am nervous to provide for this committee too much detail with respect to the revenue of MacPhie & Company. If I can answer the honourable member's question, where I hope you're going, MacPhie & Company serves firms in all kinds of industries. We have ser

Public Accounts committee  At no point in time did I ever have specific discussions with Mr. Flaherty regarding the scope of work or the administrative—

Public Accounts committee  No, I did not.

Public Accounts committee  Yes, I did.

Public Accounts committee  Let me begin by saying—

Public Accounts committee  Let me—