Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I don't want to be a bug. I'm sure you're already probably putting more misinformation than I'm claiming on Twitter.
I may not be able to read a budget, you would think, but I can certainly read your emails, when you supply them. This idea of dragging Rachel Wernick continually, I find really troublesome. She did not reach out to you. You had already established this.
It says, Craig Kielburger—now I hope we're not going to have another LinkedIn moment—to Minister Chagger:
Dear Minister Chagger,
Thank you again for your time Friday.
That's April 17.
We appreciate your thoughtful offer to connect us with relevant members of your Ministry.
That would be Rachel Wernick.
Over the weekend
—that's the two days before Rachel Wernick reaches out to you—
our team has also been hard at work to adapt your suggestion of a second stream focused on a summer service opportunity.
We have outlined a 3-month summer service/jobs opportunity engaging 20,000 young people
And you basically list what becomes the Canada summer student grant.
I bet you don't have to register time as a lobbyist for having spent all that time, all weekend, before Rachel Wernick contacted you, because, as you said, you're just a volunteer.
That's the record. All this misinformation that you talked to her three years ago is irrelevant. You talked to the minister on April 17—you don't seem to want to deal with that—and then you contacted her to remind her that you talked to her on the 17th, and she was going to put you in touch—which she did—on the 19th.
That's the record.
But because I only have a few seconds left, I want to go back to Reed Cowan, a member of your advisory board. For you to tell us you're really shocked, and this only ever happened once, even though we know you took down at least two of his plaques.... He has asked for a police investigation. He has asked for the IRS to investigate you. He has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars. Are you telling Reed Cowan, and all the other donors across this country and across North America, that this velcro plaque scheme that your staff bragged about only happened twice?