LIVE UPDATES: Morneau reveals he's paid back more than $40K to WE following two family trips in 2017
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Morneau said that after an assistant reached out to WE to ask for the total amount of expenses incurred, he wrote a $41,366 cheque Wednesday to the organization to cover the outstanding amount. for full experience “The work that WE and organizations like them do, is important to me,” Morneau said, going on to speak about his family’s charitable work.These latest revelations immediately resulted in a barrage of fresh questions from opposition MPs who were poised to grill him on the extent to which he and his department had contact with WE Charity while developing the grant program.
This new information comes after Morneau’s office confirmed that his daughters have connections to the charity, and that he did not recuse himself from any cabinet discussions about the deal. In a statement provided to reporters in advance of his testimony, spokesperson Maéva Proteau said that Morneau’s office received a proposal from WE on April 9 pitching a social entrepreneurship program, and then on April 21 his office received a second proposal.
As The Canadian Press has reported, in Tuesday, Canada’s top public servant testified that there is no evidence that suggests that Trudeau spoke with WE Charity before the organization was awarded the deal.
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