I was immediately thinking of the 700 Club from the '80's ... but I can't recall the hosts name. Anyway, the reason I call it a bribe: they are in Toronto. They know full well what it's for. They are IN CANADA. Why can they not just give it to you in English?! In Russia (Ukraine, etc) bribery is prevalent. So much so, that you need to budget to include bribes. The last 'The Moscow Times' report I read was $2,500 USD/yr was the average expected bribery budget. But that was 2015, it could have changed since..
Yes, we prefer to use cherry in our brainwashing... David Koresh liked to use lime...