Finance committee  My name is Craig Kielburger. I do swear that the evidence I shall give on this examination shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help me God.

Finance committee  Thank you. Good afternoon. My name is Craig Kielburger and this is my brother Marc. First, thank you, Mr. Chair. We will remain within the 10 minutes, in fact. We are grateful to the rest of the committee. We've been looking forward to this opportunity to speak with you here

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Twenty-five years ago, we started WE Charity as teenagers because we believed young people have much to offer through service. We still hold this belief. There is a crisis in Canada's charitable sector. Over the past 30 years, Canada has seen steadily dec

Finance committee  Sir, I'm happy to speak to that question. It was in regard to the fact that the Prime Minister had announced $200 million for funding supporting organizations across Canada for national celebrations for Canada 150. Canadian Heritage was the group that we engaged with. We submitt

Finance committee  Sir, if I may respond—

Finance committee  I can say with certainty that neither Marc nor I has ever, in 25 years, received a phone call from the Prime Minister on this topic.

Finance committee  In fact, when people—

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. We understand the politically sensitive nature of the moment, but typically when people say that Heritage Canada, the Prime Minister, in the midst of a moment on Canada's 150th anniversary, has invited you to engage, it was in relation to the fact that the

Finance committee  Mr. Chair—

Finance committee  —we're happy to be here for four hours, but—

Finance committee  Sir, with great respect, we—

Finance committee  I'd be happy to answer any question with the appropriate time. Would you repeat your question?

Finance committee  No, I did not.

Finance committee  Sacha, Margaret or Sophie Trudeau were paid, yes. In fact, can I take a moment to speak to this? We appreciate—

Finance committee  We were originally asked the question in the crush of literally hundreds of media questions that we received in the context of the CSSG, which was a government-funded program, and we made the statement that WE Charity had never provided funding to a member of the Trudeau family t