Information & Ethics committee  At the time, the board decision.... They did seek legal advice. Because there were 140, or more, of these projects, it was considered an operational issue. Everybody was treated the same. Everyone had the same amount of money. We received that legal opinion that demonstrated this; therefore, it wasn't necessary to declare all the conflict.

Information & Ethics committee  Those conflicts were already declared.

Information & Ethics committee  I took the advice from our lawyer.

Information & Ethics committee  The 345-page submission started with the Auditor General. That is something we don't have access to, but we have had two separate independent studies showing that there was no wrongdoing and no misconduct, but that there were areas that we need to improve, which we're doing now.

Information & Ethics committee  We took the approach of listening to what our legal adviser told us. There were 140 companies involved in this—

Information & Ethics committee  I think I took the proper.... I received legal advice, and I think that was the proper approach.

Information & Ethics committee  The project was prerevenue, yes, by many years.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  It was built over four or five years. It was a very complicated compressed air energy storage project—

Information & Ethics committee  There were about four or five.

Information & Ethics committee  On the project.

Information & Ethics committee  The money goes to the equipment and the labour associated—

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  I'm not sure that is something I want to say. It was $120,000 in the last couple of years.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.