Finance committee  Actually, with respect, sir, you're incorrect in the statement. How the structure of governance was established, it was such that the WE Charity board of directors were the members. They had the ultimate authority through the legal governance and structure in place. I say with r

Finance committee  Yes, sir. This was something where the practice was in place not to pay individuals to go on the WE Day stage, to be clear, but for auxiliary events that took place in various cities, often five or six events per time, where speakers were brought in. In any given year, a small li

Finance committee  Actually, it was two or three, typically, per city.

Finance committee  Sir, I appreciate the heart of your question. In essence, I can answer your question directly by saying that it wasn't unusual what was taking place with her. It was a simple process that we had with others.

Finance committee  Yes, one in five Canadians, and it's a big part of what we do with the Well-being Foundation.

Finance committee  No, sir, that was not it. The question [Inaudible—Editor]. It's a statement; it's actually—

Finance committee  First, sir, let me just say that we don't pay speakers for the WE Day stage, the few minutes they are there. We believe that's an honour to share the message with youth. We do for those who do two to three days of auxiliary events. To answer your question now, sir, the only indi

Finance committee  Correct, sir.

Finance committee  Not to our knowledge, sir.

Finance committee  I appreciate your raising that, sir. ArtBound funded very generously WE Charity through their extraordinary philanthropic commitments, and we appreciate their long-standing support in that matter.

Finance committee  No, no. To answer your question, sir, the funds have only gone one way, where they are fundraising. Specifically, it was for a school for music in East Africa, supporting an all-girls program in Kenya. They fundraised, but no benefits went the other way, sir.

Finance committee  To the best of our knowledge, we can make that blanket statement, sir, yes.

Finance committee  I appreciate your asking that question. If I can start by clarifying, in fact it actually wasn't an administration fee; it was a program implementation fee. What I mean by that is.... Often in the charitable world, when people think of admin, they think back office or fundraising

Finance committee  I can save you the time, sir. You already did before. I'm happy to speak to the question.

Finance committee  I appreciate the question, sir. Thank you. Fundamentally, there are two overarching structures: WE Charity and ME to WE Social Enterprises. As I mentioned in my opening remarks, as per CRA and the Income Tax Act, section 149 to be precise, charities cannot operate like businesse