Finance committee  Correct.

Finance committee  Correct. This was all done as part of an expense reimbursement initiative. That's how the contract was set up, sir. It's all about eligible expenses. All of the dollars specifically for this program needed to be used for the program. Anything else would be returned back to the Go

Finance committee  Sir, correct. We had already the WE Charity Foundation. The specific role was to help us limit liability. We were given professional advice, based on the specific and very significant request from the Government of Canada to ensure that we were assuming full liability for the fir

Finance committee  That's correct, sir. Unfortunately, based on the situation with some of the politics and some of the inaccurate representations, this has been mischaracterized. We really simply wanted to help kids. We didn't come asking for this initiative. This initiative was requested of us.

Finance committee  Sir, I was just going to add that our mother is 80 years old and a retired schoolteacher. She often says to us, “Don't believe everything you read on Twitter.”

Finance committee  I wish Madam Krause and others also shared some of that advice, but we're doing our best—

Finance committee  Not to our knowledge.

Finance committee  Not to our knowledge.

Finance committee  No.

Finance committee  We're not aware, sir.

Finance committee  We're not sure if the video specifically, itself, was part of that initiative. Part of the overall initiative was not only for the Canada 150 educational initiatives, but also for the WE Day itself that we had on Parliament Hill on July 2. We would have to look into that.

Finance committee  Sir, once again, these speakers, yes, were invited to come to WE Day and the contracts often would, of course, reference WE Day, but it was the auxiliary events, as we shared, specifically where we needed the support, where we needed the help, and people participated, as we share

Finance committee  Sir, it's not a shell company. I want to stress again that that is an inaccurate statement. The foundation is a registered charity, so characterizing it, sir, with great respect, as a shell company is not right.

Finance committee  Sir, when we did the contract negotiations with ESDC, we mutually agreed that March 5 would be the start date.

Finance committee  We'd have to get you the exact date, sir, but it was part of the contract negotiation period. During that time we—