Evidence of meeting #24 for Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was program.

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On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Marc Kielburger  Founder, WE Charity
Clerk of the Committee  Ms. Miriam Burke
Craig Kielburger  Founder, WE Charity

3:25 p.m.

Conservative

Pierre Poilievre Conservative Carleton, ON

Has he or have any of his staff questioned you?

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Founder, WE Charity

Craig Kielburger

I have no problem answering this question, but by statute of the government apparently we're not allowed to answer your question.

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Conservative

Pierre Poilievre Conservative Carleton, ON

Which section is that?

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Founder, WE Charity

Craig Kielburger

Again, this is a former assistant deputy minister of justice.

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Conservative

Pierre Poilievre Conservative Carleton, ON

Then he should know.

I'm not asking him to speak. Sorry.

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Liberal

The Vice-Chair Liberal Brenda Shanahan

Yes, I'm sorry—

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Founder, WE Charity

Craig Kielburger

I am not aware of which statute you're asking for specifically, but I trust that the comments of an assistant deputy minister of justice would be accurate.

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Conservative

Pierre Poilievre Conservative Carleton, ON

All right. We'll just assume you're hiding that.

The next question is this. Have you been contacted by any member of the lobbying commissioner's office?

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Founder, WE Charity

Marc Kielburger

Mr. Poilievre, you're not even officially a member of this committee and you're answering your own questions, so feel free to answer your own questions.

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Conservative

Pierre Poilievre Conservative Carleton, ON

The question was can you tell me if anyone in the lobbying commissioner's office has been in contact with you, yes or no?

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Founder, WE Charity

Craig Kielburger

We have proactively reached out to the lobbying commissioner to provide disclosures and information and, of course, as part of that there's always an exchange back and forth.

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Conservative

Pierre Poilievre Conservative Carleton, ON

Have they questioned you?

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Founder, WE Charity

Craig Kielburger

We have not been questioned.

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Conservative

Pierre Poilievre Conservative Carleton, ON

Are you under investigation by the lobbying commissioner?

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Founder, WE Charity

Craig Kielburger

We are not to our knowledge.

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Conservative

Pierre Poilievre Conservative Carleton, ON

Have you been contacted by the Commissioner of Canada Elections for any reason?

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Founder, WE Charity

Craig Kielburger

We have not, that we're aware of.

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Conservative

Pierre Poilievre Conservative Carleton, ON

What is the total dollar value of all of the fees and expenses, both cash and in kind, that you or any of your organizations have paid to members of the Trudeau family?

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Founder, WE Charity

Craig Kielburger

Margaret Trudeau received $180,000 for a total of 28 events. Alexandre Trudeau received $36,000 for a total of eight events. Sophie Trudeau was paid $1,500 for an event prior to her husband becoming the Prime Minister. All of that was previously provided to the standing committee, sir.

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Conservative

Pierre Poilievre Conservative Carleton, ON

What is the total dollar value of all the fees and expenses you've paid to the Trudeau family?

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Founder, WE Charity

Craig Kielburger

The total is $217,500.

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Conservative

Pierre Poilievre Conservative Carleton, ON

By Trudeau family, I mean his brother, his mother, his spouse and himself.

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Founder, WE Charity

Craig Kielburger

Those are the fees. If you're asking about expenses, I'd need a calculator for a minute.

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Conservative

Pierre Poilievre Conservative Carleton, ON

You can come back to it. You're going to get this number on the record and you're going to testify it into the record under oath because I want the total. I want nothing left out. I want you to tell us what the total value is that you have paid to Mr. Trudeau, his wife, his brother and his mother, the total of everything.

3:25 p.m.

Founder, WE Charity

Craig Kielburger

We previously gave this to you nine months ago. It's also on our website.