Finance committee  I know that's when it started, or I've been told that's when it is believed to have started. I don't know with what regularity—or if at all—it has continued. That's why I asked the question.

Finance committee  Well, that the Liberal Party was involved, no. That's only from one source.

Finance committee  No. I don't know [Technical difficulty—Editor].

Finance committee  No, except to say that it would.... I think the question here is this: Why was the federal government so keen to award this contract despite all the red flags? What was the reason? Was there a benefit? I think a database like that, if in fact it is good-quality data.... I don't

Finance committee  Whom are you asking? Me?

Finance committee  It's not difficult at all. Just read the financial statements. It's the first thing you should read if you're looking at any charity.

Finance committee  The question I asked is whether they share data with corporate partners or political parties, or anyone who supports them, and I did not receive a response.

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  I have heard that they have done so.

Finance committee  Yes, but I have no documentation.

Finance committee  I heard that this happened as far back as before the 2015 federal election, and that WE data was used to select swing ridings, to target swing ridings, in the 2015 federal election.

Finance committee  Good morning, everyone. Thank you very much for the invitation to testify today, and also thank you, everyone, for the hard work you're doing on this file. I've been following the WE Charity from afar for several years now, and over the last couple of weeks I have taken a closer

Finance committee  No. From my extensive dealings with Elections Canada, I have learned an important lesson. As they told me after a four-hour interview, the problem needs to be resolved not with Elections Canada but in the charities directorate. They said that if the CRA allows Canadian chariti

Finance committee  I wouldn't speculate on that. But I can tell you that they had quite an influence, I would say, in the previous election, and that was their first crack at it.

Finance committee  I was just trying to answer the question, Mr. Chairman. I apologize.