Information & Ethics committee  I can't recall word for word what Minister Chagger said regarding the service piece, but I do remember it was focused mainly on the social entrepreneurship proposal that we had at hand.

Information & Ethics committee  I've been in contact with previous employees of WE Charity. I built a number of meaningful relationships with previous colleagues, so I would say, broadly speaking, yes.

Information & Ethics committee  At the government, I haven't engaged with public officials or elected officials at all.

Information & Ethics committee  I find it unnecessary to name all my personal friends in public at this point in time, if that's okay.

Information & Ethics committee  No.

Information & Ethics committee  Can you repeat the question?

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  I can't recall specifics, but I wouldn't be surprised if that would have been the case at some point. We would have to check the records.

Information & Ethics committee  As I mentioned in my opening statement, the scope of the job that I had did not include the stewardship of donations or the management of donor engagement directly for international projects or any of that. I had no knowledge of that happening.

Information & Ethics committee  What I can bring to this committee is the confirmation that I had no direct knowledge of any payments or outstanding payments that any minister or donor would or would not have made at any point in time. The scope of my responsibility did not include that, and therefore—

Information & Ethics committee  —my due diligence did not include engaging with other departments to ensure whether or not that was the case.

Information & Ethics committee  In total I worked for WE Charity for about three years.

Information & Ethics committee  When I first started at WE Charity in 2017, my role was associate director for strategy.

Information & Ethics committee  In that role, I would be overseeing preparation of specialized proposals for governments, for non-profits and for donors, and I oversaw a team as well.

Information & Ethics committee  It varied, depending on the point in time, but it was as small as four people and as big as nine people.