Finance committee  I think you just touched on exactly why we paused and, as someone else described it, went from yellow to green, or perhaps went from green to yellow. It had already gone from the cabinet committee and was heading towards cabinet ratification when we actually turned it yellow. Par

Finance committee  I hope the same. I know there are people working very hard on this. It is really important. As I said, there were, kind of, two jobs as we saw it when we talked about youth and young people and students back on April 5, which feels like a lot longer ago now than the date implies.

Finance committee  —handful of interactions.

Finance committee  Yes, it's in and around that number. There was only the one prior to around the time of the launch. Around the time of the launch, there was some back-and-forth, the usual media relations check-ins.

Finance committee  I would want to check before I give them to the committee.

Finance committee  When you say the Prime Minister just said that, well, the Prime Minister was only just a witness at your committee. He was happy to provide this information, as am I. I believe also that the Clerk of the Privy Council did make reference to the questions I was asking around this

Finance committee  I'm not certain what the clerk said to the committee, other than I do know that he made reference to the due diligence that we had asked for.

Finance committee  Look, as I've already said, this obviously didn't roll out in the way we would have liked. A number of us, including me, share in that responsibility.

Finance committee  Mr. Barrett, I would have to seek advice on what I can and can't, when it comes to cabinet confidences.

Finance committee  I'm sorry. I don't know the answer to that.

Finance committee  It was having the opportunity to have a longer conversation with senior officials and senior staff around why it did come back the way that it did. As per one of your colleagues on the committee's question earlier, there had been different thoughts around what this might look lik

Finance committee  When staff start here, and oftentimes before they start in these roles, as was certainly the case in my situation and I know in others', we sit down with either the Ethics Commissioner, as was the case for me in 2015, or with one of the officers in the Ethics Commissioner's offic

Finance committee  To be fair, that was a question he had on May 8 as well and it's why this was pulled back. It's so that he could get a better understanding of things. It partly speaks to the speed and volume of work during that period, as well as to other events during that period that I know I

Finance committee  I already said there were some communications staff around the time of what was a big announcement and launch, so it's perfectly normal for our communications staff to go back and forth with those involved.

Finance committee  I said I would look into that for you.