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  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  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  Sir, it was not a real estate holding company. Global News provided that information incorrectly. We have sought to have that information changed multiple times. If you go back to the source data of the Global News reports, they have changed it in the body, but they have not chan

Finance committee  Sir, if—

Finance committee  I'm really glad you asked the question, because this is actually very much incorrect. We're really thrilled to be able to set the record straight here today.

Finance committee  We are. We'd like to share with you that as part of the conversations with ESDC, ESDC asked us to assume full liability for up to 40,000 young people who would be volunteering and to accept full liability for those 40,000 young people and all the non-profits those young people

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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, the information you're sharing is fundamentally incorrect. We're seeking to be able to share with you the proper information.