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Craig Kielburger
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Craig Kielburger
2021-03-15 16:26
That's why we are looking into them. I am with you on this. I am not fighting you on this. I agree with you. This is serious. This is why even though it's years ago—
View Charlie Angus Profile
NDP (ON)
I spoke to many of your former staff who say that you guys put on a show for donors. It was about selling them on that emotional tag. They talk about these jokes about velcro donor plaques.
It was Mr. Cowan who has asked for a police investigation. I just forwarded his concerns to the RCMP. It was Mr. Cowan who believed he was defrauded. He is a member of your advisory board, for crying out loud. He was a big fundraiser.
For you to say this was a one-off.... We've seen the articles in Bloomberg, as my colleague said. You keep saying there are mistakes. You keep saying things are wrong in The Fifth Estate. It's like everybody...? I know that Charlie Angus is being mean to you, but is everyone else as well?
Craig Kielburger
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Craig Kielburger
2021-03-15 16:28
I would love to say.... I appreciate the point of order. We will get you the information, and actually I appreciate that you stayed on this. Ironically, I'm with you, Mr. Poilievre, and clearly I say this, you have stayed on the mission of looking at the CSSG, so I appreciate your focus on protecting Canadian taxpayers. I understand—
View Charlie Angus Profile
NDP (ON)
Craig Kielburger
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Craig Kielburger
2021-03-15 16:28
Mr. Cowan gave help to children in Kenya. That's exactly what he did. That school continues to operate. With all those schools, thousands of children have graduated. We are deeply grateful to him. We're looking through records from 15 years ago to find out what happened.
You are absolutely right, sir. Mr. Cowan is absolutely right. It never should have happened. We are upset, frankly, more than you, Mr. Angus. We're upset about this, because it should not have happened. We agree with you.
View Charlie Angus Profile
NDP (ON)
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I don't want to be a bug. I'm sure you're already probably putting more misinformation than I'm claiming on Twitter.
I may not be able to read a budget, you would think, but I can certainly read your emails, when you supply them. This idea of dragging Rachel Wernick continually, I find really troublesome. She did not reach out to you. You had already established this.
It says, Craig Kielburger—now I hope we're not going to have another LinkedIn moment—to Minister Chagger:
Dear Minister Chagger,
Thank you again for your time Friday.
That's April 17.
We appreciate your thoughtful offer to connect us with relevant members of your Ministry.
That would be Rachel Wernick.
Over the weekend
—that's the two days before Rachel Wernick reaches out to you—
our team has also been hard at work to adapt your suggestion of a second stream focused on a summer service opportunity.
We have outlined a 3-month summer service/jobs opportunity engaging 20,000 young people
And you basically list what becomes the Canada summer student grant.
I bet you don't have to register time as a lobbyist for having spent all that time, all weekend, before Rachel Wernick contacted you, because, as you said, you're just a volunteer.
That's the record. All this misinformation that you talked to her three years ago is irrelevant. You talked to the minister on April 17—you don't seem to want to deal with that—and then you contacted her to remind her that you talked to her on the 17th, and she was going to put you in touch—which she did—on the 19th.
That's the record.
But because I only have a few seconds left, I want to go back to Reed Cowan, a member of your advisory board. For you to tell us you're really shocked, and this only ever happened once, even though we know you took down at least two of his plaques.... He has asked for a police investigation. He has asked for the IRS to investigate you. He has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars. Are you telling Reed Cowan, and all the other donors across this country and across North America, that this velcro plaque scheme that your staff bragged about only happened twice?
Craig Kielburger
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Craig Kielburger
2021-03-15 17:24
Sir, we are grateful to every single one of our donors. When a mistake is made, no one is more upset than us, and I am so upset about this, and I—
View Charlie Angus Profile
NDP (ON)
I know. But David Stillman, of the Stillman Foundation, who paid for all the audits that exonerated you, he had a conversation with Mr. Cowan, we were told. Someone who was paying your audits, represents you, calls Mr. Cowan, and he tells him to drop it. He says to just drop it. That's not exactly saying you're sorry, it's like you're making the organization look bad.
Again, are you telling me this only happened twice in all these velcro plaques, that people were lying to Bloomberg, were lying to The Fifth Estate, Mr. Cowan just is upset and got it wrong? Is that your position? That's all I need to know, is that your position?
Craig Kielburger
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Craig Kielburger
2021-03-15 17:25
To our tens of thousands of donors over the years, the projects have gone to where they're supposed to. We have done our best, and we're grateful because the money got to the kids, as it is supposed to. In that, it has changed lives, millions of lives, and we're grateful to each and every one of our donors.
View Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Profile
Lib. (ON)
Thanks very much.
I appreciate your time here.
I'm wondering, because I know you said you wanted to get to the [Technical difficulty—Editor] and Reed Cowan's concerns, and I appreciate that. How were you able to confirm that the plaques had, in fact, been removed? Who on the ground confirmed that to you?
View Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Profile
Lib. (ON)
View Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Profile
Lib. (ON)
How did you confirm that? Who on the ground...? I don't need a name. What was the position of the individual who confirmed that to you?
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