Finance committee  That's fine, sir.

Finance committee  That's an interesting example, sir, because the poppy fund Legion in Calgary, which has that rating, has—

Finance committee  If you go to the CRA, you see that there are over 280 Legions and poppy funds, but the largest in Canada is the one in Calgary. Since our research report—and we have covered it for years—it has actually been folded back into the Legion command, so it no longer exists, and it was

Finance committee  That's wonderful, and I appreciate that.

Finance committee  Do you know that you can only receive its audited financial statements through a request for information with the charity's directorate—

Finance committee  For every dollar you donate, 50¢ goes to the cause, and—

Finance committee  Absolutely, and if you read its annual report to understand the work it does and the programs and benefits it provides, it receives a C-. If you look at the charity's financial statements, you see that it has 3.7 years of cash on its balance sheet to fund its programs. Relative t

Finance committee  It's difficult to keep track of all their real estate.

Finance committee  I want—

Finance committee  Quebec is a very important part of Canada, and we have research reports on 80 of Quebec's largest charities. We work with donors in Quebec and private foundations in Quebec and—

Finance committee  There are definite cultural differences we are seeing. When we look at Australian and British charities, their annual reports have much more detailed information about a charity's operations, compared to those in Canada. We also look across Canada, and we see much higher transpar

Government Operations committee  Hi. I'm sorry, but I'm having technical difficulties here. My computer has a glitch, so I will have to do my opening comments from scratch. My name is Kate Bahen. I'm a managing director at Charity Intelligence. I did the updates on WE Charity's report in August of 2019 and more

Government Operations committee  That's an excellent question, and that will require due diligence to do. That would be part of the government's looking at the program and at what the mandate was for the program. That would be part of any granting initiative. I haven't done that work before, so I can't answer

Government Operations committee  I would say that for the government, having a student grant program full of Francophone communities was a key priority, and it was part of their proposal. It was something that they asked WE Charity about. It was one of the key priorities. It was very important to the government

Government Operations committee  No.