Finance committee  Mr. Fortin, thank you for that clarification. I don't recall the specifics.

Finance committee  I wouldn't have that knowledge, Monsieur Fortin.

Finance committee  I apologize. The translation didn't come through for the question. Would you mind repeating it?

Finance committee  Let me have a look at my timeline here on the dates. I don't have a record of a cabinet meeting on May 8. I have a record of a cabinet meeting on May 22 that I participated in.

Finance committee  We had a meeting on the 22nd. This is where we as a cabinet discussed this item. Of course, I'm not going to get into the details of the discussion at cabinet, but I know that both the Prime Minister and the finance minister have spoken to this committee and publicly and indicate

Finance committee  Monsieur Fortin, I am not at liberty to share the discussions in cabinet, but I can say that both the minister and Prime Minister have indicated that they—

Finance committee  No. I am not aware of an auditing report, Mr. Fortin.

Finance committee  Let me put it into the context of this time period during COVID-19. During COVID-19, it was really important that we were providing supports to help Canada's small businesses and entrepreneurs throughout the country. As I said earlier, my department and my staff had a daily call

Finance committee  Excuse me. My apologies, Monsieur Fortin. I'm just putting on the interpretation.

Finance committee  No, Mr. Fortin, I did not. We had approved the recommendation put forward to cabinet by my colleague minister and understood that it would be WE Charity that would deliver this program.

Finance committee  We approved as a cabinet the Canada student service grant. It was a policy approval, a cabinet approval. That's what we approved. We understood how important it was to make sure we had a program that was going to give our young people the opportunity to provide service in communi

Finance committee  Well, as a cabinet, we do approve the program. The details on the implementation are done by the public service.

Finance committee  We approved the Canada student service grant—

Finance committee  —but it is the civil service that would take the direction of cabinet and then work through the implementation.

Finance committee  I did not, but it would be completely appropriate for my staff, in the course of their review along with officials in reviewing the social entrepreneurship program, to consult with relevant ministerial offices. That would be very consistent with normal practice in an effort to co