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Finance committee My name is Craig Kielburger. I do swear that the evidence I shall give on this examination shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help me God.
July 28th, 2020Committee meeting
Craig Kielburger
Finance committee Thank you. Good afternoon. My name is Craig Kielburger and this is my brother Marc. First, thank you, Mr. Chair. We will remain within the 10 minutes, in fact. We are grateful to the rest of the committee. We've been looking forward to this opportunity to speak with you here
July 28th, 2020Committee meeting
Craig Kielburger
Finance committee Thank you, Mr. Chair. Twenty-five years ago, we started WE Charity as teenagers because we believed young people have much to offer through service. We still hold this belief. There is a crisis in Canada's charitable sector. Over the past 30 years, Canada has seen steadily dec
July 28th, 2020Committee meeting
Craig Kielburger
Finance committee Sir, I'm happy to speak to that question. It was in regard to the fact that the Prime Minister had announced $200 million for funding supporting organizations across Canada for national celebrations for Canada 150. Canadian Heritage was the group that we engaged with. We submitt
July 28th, 2020Committee meeting
Craig Kielburger
Finance committee Sir, if I may respond—
July 28th, 2020Committee meeting
Craig Kielburger
Finance committee I can say with certainty that neither Marc nor I has ever, in 25 years, received a phone call from the Prime Minister on this topic.
July 28th, 2020Committee meeting
Craig Kielburger
Finance committee In fact, when people—
July 28th, 2020Committee meeting
Craig Kielburger
Finance committee Thank you, Mr. Chair. We understand the politically sensitive nature of the moment, but typically when people say that Heritage Canada, the Prime Minister, in the midst of a moment on Canada's 150th anniversary, has invited you to engage, it was in relation to the fact that the
July 28th, 2020Committee meeting
Craig Kielburger
Finance committee Mr. Chair—
July 28th, 2020Committee meeting
Craig Kielburger
Finance committee —we're happy to be here for four hours, but—
July 28th, 2020Committee meeting
Craig Kielburger
Finance committee Sir, with great respect, we—
July 28th, 2020Committee meeting
Craig Kielburger
Finance committee I'd be happy to answer any question with the appropriate time. Would you repeat your question?
July 28th, 2020Committee meeting
Craig Kielburger
Finance committee No, I did not.
July 28th, 2020Committee meeting
Craig Kielburger
Finance committee Sacha, Margaret or Sophie Trudeau were paid, yes. In fact, can I take a moment to speak to this? We appreciate—
July 28th, 2020Committee meeting
Craig Kielburger
Finance committee We were originally asked the question in the crush of literally hundreds of media questions that we received in the context of the CSSG, which was a government-funded program, and we made the statement that WE Charity had never provided funding to a member of the Trudeau family t
July 28th, 2020Committee meeting
Craig Kielburger