Evidence of meeting #20 for Declaration of Emergency in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was funds.
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NDP
Matthew Green NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
So currently you receive tax exemptions based on the faith-based nature of the charitable wing of your corporation.
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NDP
Matthew Green NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
Okay.
We also understood, in your mission, that you were kind of a champion for free speech. In your testimony on March 3 in front of SECU, there is an exchange with Ms. Pam Damoff that talked about the Ku Klux Klan. I want to give you the opportunity to use your free speech and clarify whether or not you support the Ku Klux Klan in any way.
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Co-Founder, GiveSendGo
No. I absolutely abhor what the Ku Klux Klan and any supremacy organization would stand for.
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Co-Founder, GiveSendGo
Would that include the Proud Boys? I'm not overly familiar with what their—
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NDP
The Joint Chair NDP Matthew Green
Have they ever used your platform to raise funds, the Proud Boys in the United States of America?
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NDP
The Joint Chair NDP Matthew Green
Are you aware that Proud Boys is listed as a terrorist entity in Canada, sir?
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NDP
The Joint Chair NDP Matthew Green
Were you aware of that through your due diligence process, when you were looking at possible links between the terrorist entity listed here in Canada and perhaps involvement with the convoy?
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Co-Founder, GiveSendGo
What we do in our verification process is that we vet the people who are receiving the funds, not [Technical difficulty—Editor].
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Co-Founder, GiveSendGo
Through the systems already in place of terror watch-lists, people—
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NDP
The Joint Chair NDP Matthew Green
So you would have known if anybody was listed as a Proud Boy and might have had some interest in this. Are you stating that you would have had systems in place to ensure that this was the case?
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NDP
The Joint Chair NDP Matthew Green
Knowing that they're a terrorist entity, would you continue to platform Proud Boys?
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Co-Founder, GiveSendGo
They're not considered a terrorist organization in the United States.
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NDP
The Joint Chair NDP Matthew Green
Okay.
When you use your simple mission “to share the hope of Jesus through crowdfunding”, in your testimony you talked about how you would engage with these clients to share the hope of Jesus. Is that correct?
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NDP
The Joint Chair NDP Matthew Green
Did you do that with multiple serial killer Kyle Rittenhouse, sir, when you raised funds for him? Did you share the hope of Jesus with Kyle Rittenhouse?