Declaration of Emergency committee  No, it's not. Well, I guess it depends on what you mean by “gift portions of the platform”.

Declaration of Emergency committee  GiveSendGo is a for-profit business. We operate on the revenue generated by tips. We cover the costs of the charity so that 100% of any money that the charity raises and disburses goes to the need that's arisen.

Declaration of Emergency committee  It sounds about right.

Declaration of Emergency committee  The total amount raised was approximately $13 million Canadian, and I think we received around $600,000 in tips.

Declaration of Emergency committee  It's voluntary, so people do it of their own volition.

Declaration of Emergency committee  The average donation to the campaign was around $100, and the average additional donation to GiveSendGo might have been around $5.

Declaration of Emergency committee  I'm not aware of that.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Very little of it. We don't fund the charity. Currently the charity raises its own funds for various causes.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Yes, he died two days later from a stroke. I understand that.

Declaration of Emergency committee  I was not aware of that. I have not been aware of that. I think I've stated this several times, but it's worth repeating—or maybe I actually haven't—but this group of people that came to Ottawa was a very diverse group and, from our opinion and look at it, it was not being cont

Declaration of Emergency committee  No, that's not what I'm saying at all. What I'm saying is that—

Declaration of Emergency committee  —the idea that because some people show up and do something bad at an event, that makes the whole event bad is a logical fallacy, and that's the fallacy that you're trying to present. It's not the case that if at a rock concert some people get in a fight somehow the rock concert

Declaration of Emergency committee  We did verify that. That's part of our verification processes: who the individuals are who are receiving the funds, what their—

Declaration of Emergency committee  I want to make that very clear. That never happened, but also, the “freedom convoy” corporation was also a corporation that was authorized by the state, the Province of Ontario.

Declaration of Emergency committee  That's correct.