Finance committee  We definitely would have shared it, as public record has shown, with Minister Ng, Minister Chagger's office and ESDC, as part of this whole conversation, as well as with the Ministry of Finance.

Finance committee  What I would be aware of is any conversations and meetings that Craig and I would have led at any point in time. If the co-founders or any executive had any additional meetings, I wouldn't necessarily be abreast of that information, but eventually, with the way we would worked at

Finance committee  To the best of my knowledge, I do not know of any communication directly with Sophie Grégoire Trudeau.

Finance committee  With regard to Nancy McCain, no.

Finance committee  Truthfully, I wasn't aware at the time that the contribution agreement or the contract was starting to be implemented at that time. At no point in time did we ever have a conversation about the implementation of the project. It was solely based on understanding the current state

Finance committee  Again, allow me to clarify and specifically address your question. I was not aware of the contract's being implemented at that time. The conversation was not around the implementation of such a project.

Finance committee  From what I recall from that conversation, again, we walked him through the latest proposal development and all the details behind what would have become the Canada student service grant, but there were no specific conversations about starting the project. I know that within the

Finance committee  Yes, that's correct. It was a simple email asking for a brief call. I've never met Ms. Lebel before.

Finance committee  No, she didn't. She directed me to Rick Theis.

Finance committee  That's correct.

Finance committee  Are you asking if I implied that there was a contract in the works?

Finance committee  We just discussed the current proposal as it was. There was no conversation about a contract itself.

Finance committee  The start date was something that was continuously being pushed. The government was trying to get it up and running as soon as possible. On the WE side, we were doing our best to also gear up toward whatever timeline was necessary from government. There was no exact start date, t

Finance committee  No, we did not discuss any start date, per se.

Finance committee  The context, again, is that we shared the latest proposal, which we had been working very closely with ESDC public servants. It was a briefing on the state of affairs of the current state of the proposal itself. There was no communication, nor details—