It was $140,000, and wasn't all that huge. Indeed, at one point, the chairperson of the board, John McCall MacBain, had made a donation of $3 million.
It's true that back in 2013, the idea of academic diplomacy was still something of interest for the foundation, as it is in other countries to this day. As soon as my brother became Prime Minister, however, it became problematic for the foundation to get involved in this form of academic diplomacy with China, for a number of reasons that the committee will no doubt understand.