Finance Committee on July 28th, 2020

[Craig Kielburger]

We would have to check the records and to go through—

[Michael Cooper, Conservative, St. Albert—Edmonton, AB]

How do you get to the Amazon?

[Craig Kielburger]

A dugout canoe that's motorized; you take a commercial flight from Quito to a small airstrip in....

What's it called?

[Marc Kielburger]

We'd have to double-check.

[Craig Kielburger]

It's a small airstrip. It's commercial, though. Then you get on a motorized canoe down the Amazon at the base of the river.

[Michael Cooper, Conservative, St. Albert—Edmonton, AB]

Okay. So—

[Marc Kielburger]

Then the other possibility, sir, is that some groups actually drive down. They don't even go on the commercial flight.

[Michael Cooper, Conservative, St. Albert—Edmonton, AB]

But is private aircraft a possibility—since you don't know the answer? Is that a means that people get to either of your sites?

[Marc Kielburger]

Certainly not in Ecuador.

[Michael Cooper, Conservative, St. Albert—Edmonton, AB]

What about in Kenya?

[Marc Kielburger]

Private aircraft is a possibility, because—

[Michael Cooper, Conservative, St. Albert—Edmonton, AB]

Okay. That's important.

[The Chair, Liberal, Wayne Easter]

Let the question be answered, Michael.

Let's firm up the answer here and we'll go back to Michael.

[Craig Kielburger]

I'm happy to speak to this.

It's similar to northern parts of Canada. The only way you can access certain corners are these simple two- or three-prop planes that you kind of cram into and fly into northern regions.

We'd have to check our records. As a mother with a teenage daughter, she may have opted for—

[The Chair, Liberal, Wayne Easter]

We'll go back to Mr. Cooper for a final question.

[Michael Cooper, Conservative, St. Albert—Edmonton, AB]

Just to flesh this out.... I'm just trying to visualize this place in Kenya. As I'm listening to you provide an answer, what I'm hearing you say is that normally to get there, you need to fly in.

[Marc Kielburger]

Sir, that's not necessarily correct. You can also drive.

[Michael Cooper, Conservative, St. Albert—Edmonton, AB]

Okay: but it would be a long distance.

[Marc Kielburger]

It is a five-hour drive. It's a lovely drive, and you—

[Michael Cooper, Conservative, St. Albert—Edmonton, AB]

Okay: can you then just, because my time is limited—

[The Chair, Liberal, Wayne Easter]

It's over.

[Michael Cooper, Conservative, St. Albert—Edmonton, AB]

—and I want to respect the time—

[The Chair, Liberal, Wayne Easter]

Your time is over, but we'll allow this question.

[Michael Cooper, Conservative, St. Albert—Edmonton, AB]

I just want an undertaking from you, Marc and Craig, that you will confirm exactly—

[Craig Kielburger]

That's very clear, sir. We'll contact our team to look into the question.

We simply don't know. Obviously, that was three-plus years ago.