WE's involvement in the student service grant program has since blown up into a major scandal for the government. The $500 million grant disbursement for which the WE Charity Foundation could have been responsible is based on 100,000 students each earning the maximum grant possible: $5,000 for 500 hours of volunteer service. The program had not transitioned into the second cohort phase, which would have triggered the second cohort funding for WE Charity Foundation. Online training modules could have been counted toward up to 25 of the students' volunteer hours. "WE Charity Foundation may enter into agreements with WE Charity, WEllbeing Foundation and/or ME to WE Foundation of Canada to subcontract duties and responsibilities of WE Charity Foundation," the annotated notes said.

Source: CBC News July 27, 2020 16:18 UTC