Finance committee  Sir—

Finance committee  Mr. Chair—

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. We really appreciate it. Again, this information as shared by Global News was incorrect. We want to stress this over again. This is not a real estate holding company. This is actually a charitable organization that was set up to help limit liability. I'm

Finance committee  It was set up to help limit liability. The Government of Canada asked us to assume massive liability, sir, as part of this initiative for 40,000 young people volunteering during the pandemic. It would have been very difficult for us to put the entire organization at risk under th

Finance committee  Sir, we're grateful for the 14 years with Michelle. We have great respect for her. The time of the pandemic was extremely challenging for many Canadians. Lots of Canadian businesses—

Finance committee  Sir, I don't feel that's a proper characterization of the series of events. We were providing nearly daily briefings to members of the board under the circumstances. We had to make very quick decisions, as many Canadian organizations and non-profits had—

Finance committee  Mr. Chair, if you could simply let us know the date of his testimony, or the clerk could, we could then just go back by one day, please.

Finance committee  That is correct.

Finance committee  A total of $30 million was sent to WE, based on the ESDC process. As soon as this program was put into a political nature, we immediately decided that we would not be taking any of those funds. That was a decision that the organization made. We'd be losing approximately $5 millio

Finance committee  Thank you for asking. The agreement technically began on May 5. We were working in advance with ESDC, putting in resources to help develop the program. The turnaround time was so tight and we were, of course, so passionate about helping young people at this time, that we got to

Finance committee  Sir, I'm happy to do that. It's part of our regular course of activities that when a speaker does come, of course we speak to their compensation—

Finance committee  Within the normal course of business, of course, when people do come to WE Day, we also provide them with reimbursement for their direct costs. The information we have readily available, to the best of our knowledge, sir, is that Sacha, or Alexandre, Trudeau came to eight WE days

Finance committee  No. It came to a total of 28 WE days over a span of five years, specifically speaking on the issue of mental health. From 2016 to 2022, including groups like We Day in the United Kingdom, which of course had an impact on the costs, the average expense there was $5,998. Sophie Tru

Finance committee  Sir, I don't have a calculator in front of me.

Finance committee  Sir, we'd be happy to provide that to you, as the chair asked, right after the conversation. That's no problem at all.