Thank you, Chair.
Thank you for your attendance, Mr. Johnson.
I understand that you bring to your testimony today a significant history in the political field, the legal field and the governance field, as well as a significant period of time on the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation.
I'm actually shocked, unbelievably shocked, that you came before this committee. You've indicated in previous statements that you wanted an opportunity to correct some of the factual discrepancies in Ms. Fournier's statement. You wanted an opportunity to rebut many of those statements.
I'm really gobsmacked, sir, that you are unable to answer basic questions with respect to the refund of this donation. You are the chairman of this particular organization, managing $125 million in taxpayer-funded money. You had to have known that one of the questions put to you, sir, would be in relation to the donation and the refund.
I want to go to those questions and that line a bit more in detail.
You are unable to tell me...because you were not responsible for issuing the cheque to return to a particular donor of the $140 million. Is that correct?