'WE charity received no preferential treatment; not from me, not from anyone else.' PM Trudeau delivers his opening remarks before questioning from MPs begins. You can follow it live here:
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is testifying in a rare parliamentary committee appearance, where he’s set to face a barrage of questions from MPs about his role in the scandal sparked when the Liberals awarded WE Charity a deal to administer a $912 million student volunteer grant program.
After an hour of testimony and taking questions—despite a request for Trudeau to stay for three hours—Telford will appear at 4:15 p.m. ET for two hours to discuss what conflict of interest concerns, if any, the Prime Minister’s Office had in outsourcing this massive and since-halted summer aid program.
In the month that has passed since the program was put on ice, revelation after revelation has kept the scandal alive. From the $43.
And if they don’t feel like they’ve gotten the full disclosure from Trudeau today, the Conservatives have already threatened to call him back in the months ahead.will have a series of questions for Trudeau Federal Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion has already launched investigations into possible conflict of interest code breaches by Morneau and Trudeau for not recusing themselves from the cabinet discussions about outsourcing the grant program to WE, given their close family ties.
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