mr. whalen was trying to say looked like mr. kavanaugh. >> okay. how long did you know this person? >> maybe for a couple of months we socialized, but he also was a member of the same country club and i knew his younger brother as well. >> okay. so a couple of months before this took place? >> yes. >> okay. how would you characterize your relationship with him both before and after this took place, this person? >> he was somebody that we used the phrase i went out with. i wouldn't say date. i went out with for a few months. that was how we termed it at the time. and after that, we were distant friends and ran into each other periodically at colombia country club, but i didn't see him often. i saw his brother and him several times. >> was this person the only common link between you and mr. -- judge kavanaugh? >> he is the only one that i would be able to name right now that i would like to not name, but you know who i mean. but there are certainly other members of colombia country club that were common friends, or there were more acquaintances of mine and friends of mr. kavanaugh. >

i think that was mr whalen who was looking at my linkedln page and then trying to blame the person.ing to blame the person. i'm not trying to blame anyone, i just blame the person. i'm not trying to blame anyone, ijust want to know who is the common friend. how long did you know this person? maybe for a couple of months we socialised but he was a member of the same country clu b he was a member of the same country club and nine years younger brother as well. so a couple of months before this took place. yes. 0k, how would you characterise your relationship with him, both before and after this took place, this person? he was somebody that, we use the phrase, i went outwith, i wouldn't say dated, for a few months. that was how we turned it at the time. after that, we were distant friends and we ran into each other periodically at columbia country club but i didn't see him often. i saw him by his brother several times. was this personal the only common link between you and judge kavanaugh? only common link between you and judge kavanaugh? the only one that i would be able to name right

mr. whalen was trying to say looked like mr. kavanaugh. >> okay. how long did you know this person? >> maybe for a couple of months we socialized, but he also was a member of the same country club and i knew his younger brother as well. >> okay. so a couple of months before this took place? >> yes. >> okay. how would you characterize your relationship with him both before and after this took place, this person? >> he was somebody that we used the phrase i went out with. i wouldn't say date. i went out with for a few months. that was how we termed it at the time. and after that, we were distant friends and ran into each other periodically at colombia country club, but i didn't see him often. i saw his brother and him several times. >> was this person the only common link between you and mr. -- judge kavanaugh? >> he is the only one that i would be able to name right now that i would like to not name, but you know who i mean. but there are certainly other members of colombia country club that were common friends, or there were more acquaintances of mine and friends of mr. kavanaugh. >

mr. whalen was trying to say looked like mr. kavanaugh. >> okay. how long did you know this person? >> maybe for a couple of months we socialized, but he also was a member of the same country club and i knew his younger brother as well. >> okay. so a couple of months before this took place? >> yes. >> okay. how would you characterize your relationship with him both before and after this took place, this person? >> he was somebody that we used the phrase i went out with. i wouldn't say date. i went out with for a few months. that was how we termed it at the time. and after that, we were distant friends and ran into each other periodically at colombia country club, but i didn't see him often. i saw his brother and him several times. >> was this person the only common link between you and mr. -- judge kavanaugh? >> he is the only one that i would be able to name right now that i would like to not name, but you know who i mean. but there are certainly other members of colombia country club that were common friends, or there were more acquaintances of mine and friends of mr. kavanaugh. >

mr. whalen was trying to say looked like mr. kavanaugh. >> how long did you know this person?couple of months we socialized but he also was a member of the same country club and i knew his younger brother as well. >> okay. so a couple months before this took place? >> yes. >> okay. how would you characterize your relationship with him both before and after this took place, this person? >> he was somebody that we used the phrase i went out with. i wouldn't say date, i went out with for a few months. that was how we termed it at the time. after that we were distant friends and ran into each other periodically at columbia country club. i didn't see him often. i saw his brother and him several times. >> was this person the only common link between you and judge kavanaugh? >> he's the only one that i would be able to name right now, that i would like to not name but you know who i mean. but there are certainly other members of columbia country club that were common friends or they were more acquaintances of mine and friends of mr. kavanaugh. >> okay. can you describe all of the oth

mr. whalen, who was looking at my linkedin page and trying to blame the person.t for us to be talking about that. >> i don't want to blame anybody. i just want to know who is the common friend. >> the person that mr. whalen was trying to say looked like mr. cavanagh. >> okay. >> how long did you know this person? >> may be for a couple of months we also socialize. he was a member of the same country club and i knew his younger brother as well. >> so a couple of months before this took place? >> yes. >> okay, so how would you characterize your relationship with him both before and after this took place? this person. >> he was somebody that i went out with that, to use that phrase, i didn't date him. i went out with him for a few months. that is how we termed it at the time. and after that, we were distant friends and ran into each other periodically at columbia country club, but i didn't see him ofte often. i saw his brother and him several times. >> was this person the only common link between you and a judge kavanaugh >> he's the only one i would be able to name

mr. whalen five minutes. >> this is a great place for me to start because earlier in the day the questionas asked and sort of asked again of mr. blair, minister blair now what his role is and he comes with incredible wealth of experience in interi governmental relations and helping to shepherd the cannabis legislation through both houses of the parliament which was a huge endeavor and so if you could just explain for the committee what you are bringing to the table, what expertise you have to further reassure canadians that we're bolstering our team and this is an important -- for the government of canada to get right? >> thank you very much, mr. whalen. and thank you for your kind words. i have frankly four decades of experience and as chief of police in a large metropolitan center. i've had the opportunity over the course of that career and certainly as you've already indicated in managing a rather complex file. the cannabis legislation just as an example was legislation that had an impact on multiple ministries. i answered directly in that role to the minister of justice, minister of h

mr. whalen said looked like mr. kavanaugh. >> okay. how long did you know this person?ple of months we socialized, but he was also member >> so a couple months before this took place? >> yes. >> how would you characterize your relationship with him both before and after this took place, this person? >> he was somebody we used phrase i went out with. i wouldn't say date. we went out with. for a few months. that is how i termed that. after that we were distant friends and ran into each other periodically at columbia country club. i didn't see him often. i saw him and his brother several times. >> was this the personally the only common link between you and judge kavanaugh. >> that he is the only one i would like to name now who i would not like to name. you know who i mean. there were other members of columbia country club and friend and acquaintances of mine and mr. kavanaugh. >> can you describe all of the other social interactions you had with mr. kavanaugh? >> briefly, yes i can. there were, during freshmen and sophomore year, my sophomore year which would have been h