Finance committee  I am. I'm answering—

Finance committee  Yes. That's correct, Mr. Chair. It was a group discussion—

Finance committee  —and to the best of my recollection, it was in those group discussions that the name came up.

Finance committee  I have to come back to the April context. We were working 12-hour days—

Finance committee  —and I remember several conversations. I am not comfortable at this point—

Finance committee  —specifying a direction. My recollection—

Finance committee  I'm not being allowed to answer, Mr. Chair.

Finance committee  No, I am trying to take you back to mid-April.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think the context is important: 12-hour days, lots of different conversations, everybody working at home, mostly on conference calls. I know that the official I mentioned was the lead on the student package at the Department of Finance, but my recollection is that I volunteered, in the context of going through many organizations, some of which I have mentioned, such as Canada service corps partners—

Finance committee  Again, Mr. Chair, I'm not allowed to finish my answer.

Finance committee  My recollection is that I would know it for two different reasons. One, Mr. Kielburger told me that it had been shared, particularly with Minister Ng; that's my recollection. But I also recall approving a briefing note for Minister Chagger to meet with WE Charity, which spoke of the proposal, and I do recall some emails from other government officials at PCO and ISED also referring to this proposal.

Finance committee  If I could finish—

Finance committee  As I said earlier, I would prefer to provide the committee with more accurate and complete information about that, the best I can contribute, in terms of that proposal and who had it.

Finance committee  We entered into a negotiation of a contribution agreement with WE Charity in mid-May, and, as anybody familiar with this knows, it takes many weeks to negotiate a contribution agreement. Any activities that WE Charity took on during the period leading up to this finalization and approval of the contribution agreement were completely at their own risk.

Finance committee  As I have mentioned, there were conversations with finance officials, and in that context of those discussions about potential organizations—