An organization that received $5.8 million from the federal government to help job seekers from under-represented communities is refusing to say if it paid the prime minister’s mother, Margaret Trudeau, to speak at an event it held this month.
She appeared in Elevate.ca’s Think2030 series, on October 14, to speak about mental health and the effects of the pandemic.
Elevate is a Toronto-based not-for-profit that says its mission is “to unite Canada’s innovators to solve society’s greatest challenges.”
It currently lobbies the federal government for funding through FedDev Ontario, a federal regional economic development agency.
As recently as 2019, Elevate was also registered to lobby the Prime Minister’s Office for funding for one of its events, Elevate Tech Fest.
In June, the federal economic development agency for Ontario announced it would provide the funding for the organization’s Elevate Talent program, intended to help people from marginalized groups find jobs in the tech and creative sectors.
The organization would not say how much, if anything, it paid Margaret Trudeau to participate in the symposium but denied there was a relationship between the event and the government funding.
Just like with the WE "charity" right?
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A federal contractor that booked Margaret Trudeau as a group speaker received $5.8 million in federal funding prior to the election, records show. CTV News yesterday said the Prime Minister’s mother refused comment when asked if she charged her usual $20,000 speaking fee: “We are not our fathers and mothers.”
What a useless head of a useless family.
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