The news follows weeks of anonymous leaks by Liberals about a growing rift between Trudeau and his finance minister.
The Toronto MP apologized for not recusing himself from discussions dealing with WE, given that one of his daughters has done contract work for the organization and the other has been an unpaid speaker at WE events.
Morneau revealed, while appearing before the House of Commons finance committee last month, that he repaid the WE organization for family trips to Kenya and Ecuador in 2017. He also told the committee that his wife donated $100,000 to the WE organization in the last two years.Trudeau also faces an ethics probe over the WE affair. Trudeau hasfor not recusing himself from discussions about the charity managing the Canada Student Service Grant — which would have paid students and recent graduates up to $5,000 for COVID-19-related volunteer work — because of his family ties to the organization.
Trudeau has said that while he knew his mother and brother worked as professional public speakers and wasn’t surprised they were paid for appearing at WE events, he didn’t know the details of the payments. He testified that before the House finance committee late last month that, after the public service recommended WE run the program, he
to ensure the charity was the best partner. The prime minister said he had concerns about “perceptions” of a conflict.
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