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Canadian Heritage committee No, on August 19 the contract was suspended with the organization.
February 13th, 2023Committee meeting
Mala Khanna
February 13th, 2023Committee meeting
Mala Khanna
February 13th, 2023Committee meeting
Mala Khanna
Canadian Heritage committee Initially, there were 1,100 applications.
February 13th, 2023Committee meeting
Mala Khanna
Canadian Heritage committee It was an open process.
February 13th, 2023Committee meeting
Mala Khanna
Canadian Heritage committee Initially, they were not successful in the first review of applications. Then additional funding was received by the program and all of the initial proposals that were submitted were re-reviewed. It was felt on paper that it met the criteria of the anti-racism action program.
February 13th, 2023Committee meeting
Mala Khanna
Canadian Heritage committee No, Madam Chair, there is no truth to that claim. The organization was contacted to see if they would be interested in having their project looked at again, because after the initial call was done it was not successful, and then we were looking at projects again. In that case, the outreach was made purely to see if they were still interested in having their application reviewed.
February 13th, 2023Committee meeting
Mala Khanna
Canadian Heritage committee I believe we could do so, yes.
February 13th, 2023Committee meeting
Mala Khanna
Canadian Heritage committee It was on July 26. That was when the minister's office called to say that there was an issue that required some follow-up with respect to anti-Semitism with one of our projects.
February 13th, 2023Committee meeting
Mala Khanna
Canadian Heritage committee On August 2, one of the offensive tweets was sent to the department. We did work to identify Mr. Marouf and the connection with CMAC. We looked at the contract to assess the contract, sought legal advice and then by August 19 suspended the project.
February 13th, 2023Committee meeting
Mala Khanna
Canadian Heritage committee During that period, we were keeping the minister's office aware of the work we were doing.
February 13th, 2023Committee meeting
Mala Khanna
Canadian Heritage committee Madam Chair, the money has been requested to be paid back. We have hired a third party collection agency. It's been demanded to be paid back. We first started with a collection agency that has been making attempts since December to get the money. We have not yet received the money, so the minister is—
February 13th, 2023Committee meeting
Mala Khanna
Canadian Heritage committee No money has yet been received.
February 13th, 2023Committee meeting
Mala Khanna
Canadian Heritage committee It was Minister Hussen's office.
February 13th, 2023Committee meeting
Mala Khanna
Canadian Heritage committee The processes that were followed were the established processes. An Internet search was done of the organization. Because nothing problematic turned up, they did not go further. That is what has now been adjusted. In the review we have done since, we are now going through and looking at the board of directors, the executive director, and individuals associated with the projects that are listed in the application.
February 13th, 2023Committee meeting
Mala Khanna