NDP MP Charlie Angus has called out the prime minister's ties to the WE Charity: 'This is group closely tied to the Trudeau family that had no background in delivering a program of this size and apparently no capacity to do it.' Read more here:
OTTAWA -- Members of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s family were paid a total of nearly $300,000 over the last four years to speak at WE Charity events.Trudeau's mother, Margaret Trudeau, spoke at approximately 28 events and was paid $250,000 in speaking honorariums between 2016 and 2020. His brother, Alexandre Trudeau, also spoke at eight events from 2017 to 2018 and was paid a total of approximately $32,000.
WE Charity also confirmed the payments made to Trudeau's mother and brother in statements sent to CTV News, shortly after Canadaland, which has reported extensively on WE, first broke the story on Twitter. The charity called this an "error in billing/payment" that was discovered through an "internal review."
Sophie Gregoire Trudeau is an ambassador with the organization and hosts a mental health podcast under its name. However, the charity is already at the centre of an ethics investigation into Trudeau over his potential conflict of interest with the organization. Specifically, Barrett alleges that Trudeau violated a provision in the Act that "prohibits public office holders from making any decision or participating in the making of a decision that furthers their private interests or improperly furthers the private interests of another person."
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