Justice committee  I could not shed any light on that legal matter, Mr. Weir, I'm afraid.

Justice committee  Well, the centrality of it, though, with respect—and I'm sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt you there—is that the law is really unclear because it was brand new, and in this circumstance my understanding, as I said in my opening statement, is that this is the first case in which t

Justice committee  I don't like to do retrospective recharacterizations of events. I think the government was put in a very difficult position, and I think that the Prime Minister in particular was put in a very difficult position. I think there was no malice toward anybody, and there certainly wa

Justice committee  Mr. Chair, I just want to say before I leave that it was a real honour to be here. I appreciate very much the work that you do, in all parties, and I hope that my evidence has contributed to a real public policy discussion. I thank you all for your time and friendship. Thank you

Justice committee  I think it's a central contention of my testimony that it was not possible for the Attorney General to come to a final decision before a verdict was rendered, so I was never aware, until her testimony last week, that she believed she had made a final decision on September 16.

Justice committee  Yes, that's correct.

Justice committee  I'm not sure how to explain that, because as I've said a few times, I don't believe that to be the case.

Justice committee  I'm not sure.

Justice committee  I believe, Mr. Chair, that's outside the scope, because the matter went before cabinet last spring. I can't comment on that.

Justice committee  Yes, I believe that still to be the case. My understanding from the briefings I got at the time was that intervention would still be possible until a verdict was rendered. I think it's important to note, in terms of the concept of remediation agreements, where this came from it

Justice committee  It is.

Justice committee  No. I'm aware that the Clerk and the deputy minister of justice are appearing later, so I know you'll have an opportunity to speak to them directly. I will say about the Clerk of the Privy Council, whom I've come to know fairly well over the past three and a half years, that I

Justice committee  No, I've never had a conversation with Justice Iacobucci on SNC-Lavalin.

Justice committee  That's too bad. That's my understanding from Department of Finance briefings, but I have to say it's been a long time. I can't recall anything specific.

Justice committee  To be clear, I can't recall, I cannot cite, a specific study being done on a specific day by a specific person. I was briefed multiple times on that.