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Finance committee If I may, I'll answer your question by saying that in Canada, to do what we seek to do, this is the legal way to adhere to the CRA rules. I wish it were different and I hope they streamline it in Canada. Nonetheless, I have just two quick points. Number one, you listed entities
July 28th, 2020Committee meeting
Craig Kielburger
Finance committee I'm happy to answer that question, sir. We extended an invitation, actually to Ms. McCain, to be candid, where she first came with her teenage daughter to Kenya—
July 28th, 2020Committee meeting
Craig Kielburger
Finance committee Understood. To answer your question, specifically, the first set of expenses was for Ms. McCain and daughter to travel to.... They were already in Kenya and they were looking at other charities they had already funded, so we hosted them at our sites—so the accommodations. They st
July 28th, 2020Committee meeting
Craig Kielburger
Finance committee We will provide it.
July 28th, 2020Committee meeting
Craig Kielburger
Finance committee WE Charity, similar to many other humanitarian organizations, invites prospective donors, people who head companies and foundations, to witness development projects and what they do—
July 28th, 2020Committee meeting
Craig Kielburger
Finance committee Correct.
July 28th, 2020Committee meeting
Craig Kielburger
Finance committee They are a—
July 28th, 2020Committee meeting
Craig Kielburger
Finance committee Sir, could I just finish the statement? It is to host individuals who have an interest to witness our development work on the ground. To answer your question, it was seen, in our mind, as a complimentary hosting, given that they were already in the country, in Kenya, and were c
July 28th, 2020Committee meeting
Craig Kielburger
Finance committee The arrangements for the trip were entirely done through an invitation to Ms. McCain and entirely arranged with her and her team, so I don't know whether there was any clarity or conversations that followed. In our mind, it was an invitation to a very prominent Canadian family, M
July 28th, 2020Committee meeting
Craig Kielburger
Finance committee We would have to check the records and to go through—
July 28th, 2020Committee meeting
Craig Kielburger
Finance committee A dugout canoe that's motorized; you take a commercial flight from Quito to a small airstrip in.... What's it called?
July 28th, 2020Committee meeting
Craig Kielburger
Finance committee It's a small airstrip. It's commercial, though. Then you get on a motorized canoe down the Amazon at the base of the river.
July 28th, 2020Committee meeting
Craig Kielburger
Finance committee I'm happy to speak to this. It's similar to northern parts of Canada. The only way you can access certain corners are these simple two- or three-prop planes that you kind of cram into and fly into northern regions. We'd have to check our records. As a mother with a teenage da
July 28th, 2020Committee meeting
Craig Kielburger
Finance committee That's very clear, sir. We'll contact our team to look into the question. We simply don't know. Obviously, that was three-plus years ago.
July 28th, 2020Committee meeting
Craig Kielburger
Finance committee Yes. We'll look into that question.
July 28th, 2020Committee meeting
Craig Kielburger