WE Charity Scandal

• Commons committee calls for reforms in lobbying measures after WE Charity scandal

  Last month, ethics commissioner Mario Dion ruled that Trudeau did not breach the Conflict of Interest Act. But in a separate report, he also ruled Morneau did break the rules.

  Politics

  Jun 10, 2021
  
• Trudeau did not break federal ethics rules in WE Charity scandal — but Morneau did: report

  Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not break the rules but former finance minister Bill Morneau did.

  Canada

  May 13, 2021
  
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• Liberals to ignore House motion to summon staffers to testify on WE Charity

  The federal Conservatives are seeking to use the power of the House of Commons to force senior Liberal staff -- or the prime minister himself -- to testify before committees.

  Politics

  Mar 25, 2021
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• WE Charity founders accuse MPs of trying them in ‘court of public opinion’

  A House of Commons committee is continuing to probe WE Charity's operations and a now-cancelled student grant program with the controversial group.

  Canada

  Mar 15, 2021
• WE Charity’s Kielburgers to appear in House committee meeting Monday, lawyer says

  The brothers' appearance has been in doubt after a fresh spat broke out between the Kielburgers and the MPs who want to grill them about the organization they founded.

  Canada

  Mar 11, 2021
• WE Charity scandal: MPs vote to summon Kielburger brothers to testify

  Last week, the co-founders declined requests to do so, a fact that MPs from all parties expressed concerns about on Monday.

  Canada

  Mar 8, 2021
• Craig, Marc Kielburger decline request to testify before House of Commons committee

  Two Commons committees had invited the Kielburger brothers to testify.

  Canada

  Mar 3, 2021
• WE Charity held 2 fundraised openings for same Kenya school, former donor says

  Reed Cowan testified on Friday that he started raising money for Free The Children, as WE Charity was known at the time, after his son Wesley died in an accident at age four.

  Canada

  Feb 26, 2021
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• Former Finance Minister Bill Morneau drops out of OECD race citing lack of support

  Bill Morneau said in a Twitter statement he did not have enough support from member countries to make it to the third round of the campaign.

  Politics

  Jan 26, 2021
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• Small fraction of WE Charity affair documents redacted: top public servant

  Less than 2.5 per cent were redacted to black out information on other matters that were not relevant to the committee's investigation into the WE affair, he added.

  Canada

  Nov 24, 2020