Public Safety committee  Who chose the journalists, sir? Was it you or the Prime Minister's Office?

Public Safety committee  Out of issues of time—

Public Safety committee  In response to one of the questions, you used the term “we”. You said, “we” didn't get back to the Vancouver Sun. Is that the national security adviser or the Prime Minister's media team, sir?

Public Safety committee  At times your presentation sounds much like someone.... Correcting inaccurate information that's out there about the Prime Minister should be done by the Prime Minister's Office, not by the national security adviser.

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Mr. Jean. Leaving aside for a moment the issue of inaccurate information, which is the bulk of your brief, my first two questions are simple and I'd like yes-or-no answers. If a Liberal MP had refused to invite Jaspal Atwal to the Prime Minist

Public Safety committee  Second, the Prime Minister's Office was in possession of this list of people invited by MPs. Leaving aside the issue of whether that would be vetted, had the PMO taken names off this list, there would be no scandal. Is that correct?

Public Safety committee  This is a Liberal scandal, and your insertion into it comes as a result of your concern for inaccurate information. Let me refer you to the Prime Minister's comments on February 22, when he confirmed that he believed Liberal MP Randeep Sarai's version of the events. The Prime Min

Public Safety committee  Let me stop you there, Mr. Jean, because you said you did your briefing because of inaccurate information. What Global News source suggested there was a rogue Indian government conspiracy to bring Mr. Atwal? I'd not seen that anywhere until your briefing started. What inaccurate

Public Safety committee  Let me refer to Mr. Akin's account of your briefing with him: To answer those questions, the PMO media relations team put us in touch, “on background,” with this senior government official. That official...used the opportunity to advance the theory that Atwal’s presence at thes

Public Safety committee  On a point of order, Mr. Chair, I think the honourable member should clarify that Mr. Jean, in the previous government, was not the national security adviser. Is the member suggesting he gave background briefings as national security adviser in the last government, or is he sugge