Justice committee  I have not.

Justice committee  I have stated generally what my understanding of the Shawcross doctrine is, that there would be conversation that would be possible. I'm going to say that if I elaborate too much on that answer, it could put me into a territory where I'm speculating on what other people might do

Justice committee  That's correct.

Justice committee  That's correct.

Justice committee  I believe the lobbying record shows that I did meet with SNC-Lavalin in May of 2017. I must admit that I have no strong recollection of that meeting. As you know, as parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Innovation I had to interact with people across Canada. I met with peop

Justice committee  I don't...I believe I met with Neil Bruce, but again, I don't have a strong recollection of that meeting.

Justice committee  As I said, I was one of the most heavily lobbied members of Parliament in 2017. As a result of being part of that, I was lobbied by big businesses, small businesses and universities across Canada.

Justice committee  That's correct.

Justice committee  Actually, it doesn't jog my memory. As I said, I believe the Hill Times reported that I was the most lobbied MP in 2017, ahead of my minister, Minister Bains, at the time. Again, it was part of the role of the innovation minister to meet with stakeholders—

Justice committee  —across Canada, and it is up to the lobbyist to list, as the lobbyist has done, the topics that we covered.

Justice committee  Again, I have no strong recollection of the meeting. As I said, it is up to the lobbyist to report—

Justice committee  It was my practice to have either my parliamentary secretary assistant or a member of my Hill staff at the meeting. We have been unable yet to ascertain with ISED who the person was staffing me at the meeting. We can get back to you on that. But I can tell you that—

Justice committee  I can tell you—

Justice committee  —Mr. Cooper, that there wasn't, I recall, any strong action item as a result of that meeting, either.

Justice committee  It's either the parliamentary secretary assistant or the staff.