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Canada: Trudeau's relatives paid by an NGO at the heart of an investigation

2020-07-10T01:01:33.409Z


Family members of the Prime Minister of Canada have been paid by a charity at the heart of a conflict of interest investigation against Justin Trudeau, the CBC channel said on Thursday. Prime Minister's mother Margaret Trudeau received $ 250,000 (160,000 euros) for speeches at 28 events hosted by WE Charity between 2016 and 2020, according to the public broadcaster. Justin Trudeau's brother Alexa...


Family members of the Prime Minister of Canada have been paid by a charity at the heart of a conflict of interest investigation against Justin Trudeau, the CBC channel said on Thursday.

Prime Minister's mother Margaret Trudeau received $ 250,000 (160,000 euros) for speeches at 28 events hosted by WE Charity between 2016 and 2020, according to the public broadcaster. Justin Trudeau's brother Alexandre received about $ 32,000 for his participation in eight events. A spokesperson for WE Charity previously told the CBC that Margaret Trudeau never received any money for the stakes, the channel said.

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A contract to manage a major government program awarded without tendering to this charity, WE Charity (UNIS in French), was canceled Friday after an outcry from the opposition in Ottawa. The Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, an independent officer of Parliament, decided on the same day to initiate an investigation after the award of this contract to manage a scholarship program for students worth C $ 900 million. (587 million euros).

"Relatives of the Prime Minister are involved with various organizations and support several personal causes of their own accord," justified Thursday in a statement the office of Justin Trudeau. "What is important to keep in mind here is that we are talking about a charity that supports students," said the press release. The Prime Minister's Office told The Globe and Mail on Wednesday that Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire had never received any money for their attendance at NGO events.

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The Conservative opposition has shot Justin Trudeau after these "scandalous" revelations , accusing him of " having awarded a contract of nearly a billion dollars to a charity that is not only closely linked to the Party liberal, but who gave almost $ 300,000 to his family . " The Ethics Commissioner has already released two reports concluding that the Prime Minister broke the conflict of interest law: in 2017 for accepting a vacation on the private island of Aga Khan, and the year the latter for having attempted to influence legal proceedings in the SNC-Lavalin case.

Source: lefigaro

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