Thank you, Chair, and thank you, Minister, for being here.
I do want to address a falsehood. There's no other way to put it. The opposition continues to peddle it, and we continue to see the perception circulated in media. This is the idea that WE was going to pocket hundreds of millions of dollars from the federal government for the purposes of the Canada student service grant.
On July 28, as you might know, Minister, Craig Kielburger and Marc Kielburger appeared at this committee. In his opening statement, Craig Kielburger said the following:
As per the contribution agreement, WE Charity would only be reimbursed for its costs to build and administer the program. To be clear, there was no financial benefit for the charity. WE Charity would not have received any financial gain from the CSSG program....
That's the end of the quote.
The number that's been put forward is that they would have received a maximum of $43.5 million to build and administer the program.
Minister, my question for you is this: Does what I just read from Craig Kielburger align with your understanding?