Information & Ethics committee  Right, and as I said, it never dawned on me that politics would enter into any of my relationships with any subcontractors. It's the furthest thing from my mind.

Information & Ethics committee  No, not even close.

Information & Ethics committee  Mr. Sorbara, I'll just make one comment on that.

Information & Ethics committee  What actually happened was, and I can tell you this.... It was a phenomenal time we were living in. I could call just about anybody. Normally when you talk to business people, they want an NDA. Nothing happens quickly. Canadians really were amazing. You'd call someone for help a

Information & Ethics committee  Sure. Everybody I talked to.... I talked to my contract authority, with PSPC. I had two, Jeff Moore and Sandra Leslie, both competent civil servants.

Information & Ethics committee  I didn't know I could, so I'm happy to answer your question now if you like.

Information & Ethics committee  As I said, my contract managers were Jeff Moore at PSPC, Michelle Mascoll, Joëlle Paquette. At PHAC, I have had really good relationships with the technical authority, Peter Meireles, and the coordinator of the national stockpile, whose name is Pascale St-Louis, all very competen

Information & Ethics committee  Actually, in terms of medical, I believe the other contracts didn't have medical experience either. There were no contracts...no one making ICU-grade ventilators in Canada. What we did was a moon shot. We physically did this, as did the other companies, and we've delivered 7,788

Information & Ethics committee  FTI was actually in the process of being created long before this contract was set. The FTI name was actually going to be used for a brake pad business I was starting. We refer to the top-quality brake pads as “professional grade”. FTI stood for Firstline Technology Incorporated,

Information & Ethics committee  That's correct.

Information & Ethics committee  Absolutely. Like I said, I'm not a lobbyist. I wouldn't even know the first thing about being a lobbyist. That's something that happens in Ottawa. It doesn't happen in Guelph. Lobbying the mayor is asking to get your road fixed.

Information & Ethics committee  We were in full compliance with the procurement process. I reached out to the government in order to explain what Ventilators for Canadians was doing. We were trying to build a licensed ventilator. That's why I told you, in the opening statement, that what we did was—

Information & Ethics committee  I'm not sure I'm supposed to mention actual civil servants' names. I don't think that's fair.

Information & Ethics committee  I don't know what the rules are.

Information & Ethics committee  Okay. I'm happy to answer that in a different way. I can tell you that I contacted the public service before I met Mr. Baylis, or before I even met Baylis Medical. That's the best answer. We were reaching out to the government, because we thought we were going to crowdsource th