Finance committee  My name is Marc 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.

Finance committee  Mr. Poilievre, the call you're speaking about was to a group of potential non-profit partners. We were very excited about the prospect of the program. I got a little bit ahead of myself. I didn't have the full details. I misspoke. As soon as I realized I misspoke and it was broug

Finance committee  Sir, that is very much correct. The Prime Minister's Office never did call us. Craig has the details. He was the one who was having the conversations.

Finance committee  I do—

Finance committee  Mr. Chair, thank you. Because we are together for, I believe, a relatively unprecedented four hours, we just want to make sure we can provide as much context as possible so the answers to the questions can be provided with full context. Craig has the most specific details, sir,

Finance committee  Sir, what I shared was, again, incorrect. I shared that we had an opportunity to share this message. I was very excited. Craig, again, had the details, and part of today is going through all those details with you in a very specific manner. Again, I apologize. I was just very exc

Finance committee  Sir, we've checked our records. We have no record of payment for her for that event. Just to further elaborate, that—

Finance committee  Sir, I'm happy to do that. It's part of our regular course of activities that when a speaker does come, of course we speak to their compensation—

Finance committee  Within the normal course of business, of course, when people do come to WE Day, we also provide them with reimbursement for their direct costs. The information we have readily available, to the best of our knowledge, sir, is that Sacha, or Alexandre, Trudeau came to eight WE days

Finance committee  No. It came to a total of 28 WE days over a span of five years, specifically speaking on the issue of mental health. From 2016 to 2022, including groups like We Day in the United Kingdom, which of course had an impact on the costs, the average expense there was $5,998. Sophie Tru

Finance committee  Sir, I don't have a calculator in front of me.

Finance committee  Sir, we'd be happy to provide that to you, as the chair asked, right after the conversation. That's no problem at all.

Finance committee  Yes, we can confirm that. I would like to provide a little bit of context, because it's an incredibly helpful piece of context that has been unfortunately misshared. Number one, the first time we heard about the $912 million was when it was announced. We had never been privy

Finance committee  That is correct.

Finance committee  A total of $30 million was sent to WE, based on the ESDC process. As soon as this program was put into a political nature, we immediately decided that we would not be taking any of those funds. That was a decision that the organization made. We'd be losing approximately $5 millio