Finance committee  I would say that those factors may have increased her brand recognition to the general public. But, sir, we hired her as one of the most known mental health advocates, if not the most well-known mental health advocate.

Finance committee  Sir, we have a number of individuals with Ph.D.s we contract with, and on our staff, in the mental health—

Finance committee  We were looking to her to be a spokesperson to raise awareness on the subject. We have others who build the curriculum and can—

Finance committee  Sir, we—

Finance committee  Honestly, with great respect, sir, she has lived a life.... I have lost a sister-in-law from mental health issues. It's a lived experience issue; it's not an academic training issue. She has lived experience. One in five Canadians face this issue. To say that you have to have a

Finance committee  Sir, she is more than someone's mother or someone's wife. She is someone who, in her own right, has spoken extensively on mental health and is a hero to many. We invited her because she speaks on mental health. We invite individuals, from Gord Downie to Chantal Petitclerc, from

Finance committee  We're happy to seek that information. We have received support from PSPC, from Heritage and from environmental...for our work we've done with youth. There's been a variety, dating back between the current government and previous governments. We have specific dollar amounts, if yo

Finance committee  Absolutely. To be very candid, we're grateful for their support. Brian Pallister, a deep supporter of ours in Manitoba, its leader, frequently cheered on young people. We appreciate that Nazanin, Peter MacKay's spouse, has gotten on the stage on some empowerment things with us.

Finance committee  Oh, wow, you're going back a little bit here. Yes, obviously, we appreciate Mrs. Harper hosting at 24 Sussex, where the WE Day after reception took place. We appreciate that we were joined by a number of government leaders at that time who were Conservative. Forgive me, I wouldn'

Finance committee  I'll start, if it's all right with you, and then I'll hand it over to Marc.

Finance committee  Okay. I'll answer it this way. WE Charity made absolutely no money, and could never have made any money in any way on this, with the contribution agreement. This was the ask from the government. We did not submit a proactive proposal. Rachel Wernick asked us, and we fulfilled th

Finance committee  I'm happy to speak to that. We'll send you a full list in writing, if that's all right, but I will give you an overview here. On the seventh, there was a conversation with Amitpal Singh, who is a policy advisor in Finance. Correction: that was actually on the eighth, I believe.

Finance committee  We'll send that to you in writing, sir.

Finance committee  We certainly haven't. To the best of our knowledge, there have been no formal communications.

Finance committee  No.