Government Operations committee  We now have probably 760 to 780 charities that we've analyzed in the last two to three years. They're ones that we regularly update.

Government Operations committee  We look at a number of things. We look at financial transparency, so how transparent the charity is with its financial statements. We look at donor accountability, so how well the charity reports on what it does and how it spends money. We look at some financial metrics to make s

Government Operations committee  Is there typically scrutiny of any that do not respect official languages. Is that your question?

Government Operations committee  It would depend upon which jurisdiction they're working in. Certainly, for a charity working nationally, you would expect that it would have the ability to operate in both official languages.

Government Operations committee  I do not know the law on that. WE Charity did have some French-speaking folks on their payroll. I understand that some of them may have been let go, but that's all under review right now.

Government Operations committee  I believe that WE was weak in Quebec. They had an office there for about a year. I believe they closed their office in Montreal down in February. It was not an area of strength for them in the country, certainly. However, they also reported that they were going to hire PR firms

Government Operations committee  From what we can see, they were somewhat weaker in Quebec, certainly. That's all that we know.

Government Operations committee  I'm not sure I can necessarily say that they must be.... No.

Government Operations committee  All we know is that they were going to be hiring a firm, National, to operate their program throughout Quebec.

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much. Good afternoon. My name is Greg Thomson. I'm the director of research for Charity Intelligence Canada. Charity Intelligence is itself a charity, one that analyzes Canadian charities to help donors be informed and give intelligently. Our website hosts free re

Finance committee  There have been questions about our assessments, and we love to learn. At Charity Intelligence, we love to learn and we love to hear what others have to say about our analysis, so thank you very much for the feedback. We will take that back and discuss it internally.

Finance committee  They spent probably an additional two days on the impact assessment, so—

Finance committee  That was back in September 2019, I believe.

Finance committee  Possibly at a very small charitable organization.... I've probably seen this once, maybe twice, at a very small charitable organization, but never when a charity becomes anywhere close to the size of WE Charity.

Finance committee  The agreement specifically laid out the possibility of money flowing to other WE organizations, but I want to clarify.... I mean, the Kielburgers said that there was going to be no financial benefit to WE Charity, which is true. It is a charitable organization. They were not goin