Finance committee  Certainly, the board of directors worked as a team. I had the very great honour to be the chair of that board of directors, a position I was very pleased to hold given the amazing people who were there in the team behind me and with me. The board, I would say, has power to make d

Finance committee  I actually think it was a little bit longer than that, but my records aren't precise on the point. I would say it was a bit longer than 10 years, but unfortunately I don't have a start date that I could refer you to.

Finance committee  At least for WE Days, which was the focus of our inquiries, that was my understanding.

Finance committee  I don't know the precise nature of what they were paid for, but if it was exclusively to speak on the WE Day stage, that would have surprised me.

Finance committee  I never made inquiries into that kind of adjunct or associated area, so I just don't know about that particular aspect.

Finance committee  They did.

Finance committee  Or that may have come from the executive director of the organization, but I know that the board made inquiries into that.

Finance committee  It was one of two. I can't be precise on the time. It was either Scott Baker or Dalal Al-Waheidi.

Finance committee  Well, they were certainly seized with issues surrounding the impact from the virus, and I know that the organization was being impacted significantly. For example, schools were closing; WE Days had to cease and the ME to WE entity could no longer run trips or have retail operatio

Finance committee  Essentially that was a reduced essence of why people were being laid off, yes.

Finance committee  I wouldn't characterize it as financial hardship, but I think they were looking to the future implications of sponsorship, and they were talking to sponsors at the time, but I don't believe they referred to the organization as being in a financial hardship or vulnerable situation

Finance committee  Well, I objected to the layoffs not as a general matter. Perhaps they were necessary. I objected to the fact that they were being done without the full consultation of the board and without our being provided detailed information that would confirm that it was absolutely necessar

Finance committee  Well, the board of directors of WE Charity was quite seized with the issue of looking at transfers to related entities, particularly ME to WE. We required an annual reconciliation report to the board on those transfers. I think we were interested in getting as much information as

Finance committee  I don't think explicit concerns were expressed, but rather requests for enhanced information; that's the way I would put it.

Finance committee  Yes.