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  Actually, that's incorrect, sir. It was for up to 100,000 young people, or specifically 100,000 young people, and the program itself was up to $543 million, depending on the number of volunteer hours of service. Our assumption, based on the models we did, sir, was that this wou

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  Sir, we really wanted to help. We understood that the circumstances necessitated us to put up our hand as quickly as possible. The dates of the program launch shifted many times. This was originally supposed to be early June, and then, of course, it ended up being the end of Ju

Finance committee  And the monetary amounts...?

Finance committee  Including.... One of the areas we would like to clear up formally is this whole concept of $10 an hour for volunteer service. We were very much concerned about that. We voiced that concern multiple times, sir, as an example—

Finance committee  Mr. Chair, just one moment, please. We felt that it did need to be minimum wage. These are some of the pieces that we felt very passionate about as part of this process, but we were working with what was asked of us.

Finance committee  No, sir, she was not. I just want to stress again that we're happy to answer your questions. We're here to answer the questions.

Finance committee  Thank you, sir. I believe he participated in one. We have great respect for him. I'm a big fan. However, our understanding is that his activities outside of WE Day were very limited. I can't speak to that directly, but I would assume that the answer is likely no, sir.