Finance committee  No. From my extensive dealings with Elections Canada, I have learned an important lesson. As they told me after a four-hour interview, the problem needs to be resolved not with Elections Canada but in the charities directorate. They said that if the CRA allows Canadian chariti

Finance committee  I wouldn't speculate on that. But I can tell you that they had quite an influence, I would say, in the previous election, and that was their first crack at it.

Finance committee  I was just trying to answer the question, Mr. Chairman. I apologize.

Finance committee  What do you mean by “law enforcement”?

Finance committee  I have reported this to Elections Canada, yes.

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  I'm very disappointed with their conclusion. They ignored the key evidence that I think they should have considered.

Finance committee  Yes, I will do so.

Finance committee  All I wanted to do in this testimony today was to flag this issue for this committee. I recognize that it's a complicated issue and there's not enough time to get into the details of it. However, what concerns me is that there are big issues with regard to the charities directo

Finance committee  I wouldn't say they're between the charities and the Prime Minister's Office, but a number of individuals who were involved specifically with Tides Canada, for example, are now employed in the Prime Minister's Office. I will emphasize that's not where the real mess is that I ta

Finance committee  Do I need to name names, Mr. Chairman?

Finance committee  Do I need to?

Finance committee  I was just saying that I want to be clear that it wasn't with regard to the monkey business at the CHIMP foundation that I saw ties to the Prime Minister's Office. The concerns I have with the Prime Minister's decisions are the way he handled the political activity audits of ch

Finance committee  —also because all of these charities that were subject to audits—

Finance committee  —played a significant role in the 2015 federal election.