Prime Minister under fire for awarding contract to administer $900-million program to organization with close ties to his family
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.More opposition parties are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to testify at the House of Commons finance committee over the cancelled WE Charity contract to administer a new program that would pay students for volunteer work.
“We share the desire of the Conservatives to know more about this situation, through an invitation to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance to a committee, or some committees,” Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet said Tuesday on Parliament Hill.“If they haven’t broken the law then they just have to prove it,” he said.
“The Commons could then consider a motion requesting that Trudeau appear. If the motion is approved, but Trudeau still refuses, the House could then discipline or censure him,” Prof. Lagassé said. “This might take the form of finding him in contempt of Parliament or summoning him to the bar of the House to be questioned or otherwise reprimanded.
“This is an important moment to refocus on the original goal of this program: supporting Canada’s students. We cannot let their needs be lost amid partisan grandstanding,” Green Party interim leader Jo-Ann Roberts said in a statement.
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