Justin Trudeau claims he never heard of the involvement of WE Charity in a student program until May 8, despite the fact his government appears to have used similar language to the WE Charity on April 22.
Justin Trudeau, we were told Thursday by the prime minister himself, was a skeptic, not a conflicted advocate, for WE Charity being the key delivery vehicle for a $912-million student volunteer program. ...
And it was Trudeau, of all people, who spotted the “perception” of his own ethical problems with WE getting the job and “pushed back,” delaying cabinet consideration pending two weeks of closer scrutiny by the public service.
He then went even further, pushing for greater program oversight under the Treasury Board microscope.
Gosh.
Why, believe it or not, that almost makes Trudeau a HERO here.
In this new version of events, Trudeau’s interest wasn’t conflicted.
He was, in fact, the only person standing between a rushed recommendation and a premature rubber stamp.
That means it was the public service’s fault that a Liberal-connected, Trudeau-supported charity suffering many internal problems was sole-sourced for a highly-unusual government contract to deliver the program.
Yes, about that:
At least 180 workers were paid to manipulate Google’s search algorithm to promote positive stories on WE Charity and co-founder Craig Kielburger in 2018 and 2019, though who hired them is unclear.
The Commons ethics committee yesterday by a 6 to 4 vote rejected a motion that cabinet members disclose all personal and family ties to We Charity. Disclosure was too broad, said critics: “That’s your shame.”
The Trudeau government handed over ownership of personal data from anyone applying for a student grant to WE Charity — even with the charity having withdrawn from the program, where the personal data of applicants is remains up in the air.
The federal government plans to transition recipients of the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) to the Employment Insurance (EI) program as the $80-billion coronavirus aid program wraps up this fall, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday.
Finance Minister Bill Morneau failed to divulge his close personal ties to We Charity before voting to grant the group up to $43.5 million in funding, the Prime Minister and his chief of staff said yesterday. Justin Trudeau said he was unaware Morneau accepted $41,366 in gifts or that We Charity hired Morneau’s daughter: “No, I did not know.”
The Ontario Ministry of Education says it will not renew its contract with We Charity and will investigate any expenditures to date.
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