Finance committee  There was no communication or specificity being discussed around contract details whatsoever, or dates.

Finance committee  No, like I mentioned, this was by introduction through Laura Lebel.

Finance committee  No, that is not an accurate representation of what happened. As part of the conversations that we were having at the time with ESDC as well as all the proposal development phases that we were under, it was suggested to me by a political staffer at the Ministry of Finance that I c

Finance committee  It was suggested to me by Amit Singh.

Finance committee  What communication are you referring to? I'm sorry.

Finance committee  I didn't have that context, no.

Finance committee  No, I did not have that context.

Information & Ethics committee  Good afternoon. My name is Sofia Marquez. Thank you so much for the opportunity to provide some opening remarks before addressing your questions. As members of the committee know, I am appearing before you today after being issued a summons on Monday, February 22. Before the sum

Information & Ethics committee  No, I have not been contacted.

Information & Ethics committee  No, I have not been contacted by the RCMP at this time.

Information & Ethics committee  I have no direct knowledge of that at all.

Information & Ethics committee  My understanding is that WE Charity has been tasked and has already registered for lobbying and has a detailed record of all the meetings of these interactions involving me or my colleagues. I don't have that at hand, and as I mentioned in my opening statement, the information I

Information & Ethics committee  In preparation for this meeting, I took a look at publicly available information. It included the registry for the lobbying for WE Charity. It does reflect, to the best of my ability and memory, the meetings that I held with different government officials or public officials, whi

Information & Ethics committee  That's correct. As I mentioned, before leaving the organization on July 31, 2020, I went through my records, my calendar and my activities, everything that had to do with my engagement with all levels of government as well as with stakeholders, and my former employer would have t

Information & Ethics committee  Based on my review of publicly available information and based on my knowledge as part of my tenure as director of government and stakeholder relations, I wouldn't be able to assess that and give you that answer, as I didn't have a full view or full understanding of other people'