Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's a very personal relationship. Can you talk about the manner in which you have engaged with him outside of political or partisan activities throughout the three or four decades you have known him, whether at conventions or campaigning or whatnot?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Before Mr. Fraser was even in politics, you had a well-established relationship with him. Did I hear you correctly that you babysat his children and that he has babysat your children? You have spent a lot of time together personally outside of politics, and you have an extremely close friendship with Mr.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  You said earlier that you considered him a role model.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  This is a role model, somebody you looked up to, somebody you aspired to be—am I correct?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  When somebody, particularly a family member, reached out to you and asked you to provide a video to your role model thanking him for his service, and you were under the impression or given assurances that it wouldn't be used publicly, is it fair to say that it seemed at the time, in the moment, to make complete sense to do that?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you, Mr. Fergus, for providing your comments today. You stated that you were given the assurances that the video would not be used in a public forum.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  You were under the understanding that it would be played amongst intimate individuals within Mr. Fraser's team.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I want to go back to something else that you talked about previously. I don't know if it was in your opening statements or was something in response to a question, but you said that you sent a letter to all MPs in 2021 about possible threats. Can you expand on that quickly, on what the letter was about?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  You brought it to people's attention. You were trying to signal it. Let me ask you, Minister Blair, how many MPs replied to that, or how much correspondence did you receive back as a result of that?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  You mailed a copy to every MP.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  How many MPs replied to you?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  None: You sent out a letter as minister warning MPs—to all 338 MPs—and not a single one replied to you?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Allow me to read what Mr. Blair said on June 1 in the PROC meeting, because it differs wildly from the characterization the Conservatives are trying to attribute to Mr. Blair. He said: Allow me to clarify that the information was not shared with me. It was authorized by CSIS to be shown to me, but they determined....

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm sorry, but is it safe to say that you're authorized to see a lot of stuff that you don't end up seeing? Is that not a safe assessment?