The PMO also won’t say whether taxpayers paid for his mother, Margaret Trudeau, to appear at a WE event on Parliament Hill in July 2, 2017
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office is ignoring requests he testify at a House of Commons committee over the government’s cancelled contract to have WE Charity administer a new $900-million program, according to Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre., put Mr. Trudeau on their witness list for the finance committee’s study of the contract. The study begins Thursday.
“I’m informed that finance [committee] officials have been unable to find anyone at the Prime Minister’s Office who will indicate the Prime Minister’s availability or lack thereof to testify,” Mr. Poilievre said Wednesday. “They can’t find anyone in the PMO who will even receive the inquiry.”A spokesperson for the finance committee said its officials will not comment on potential witnesses until their attendance is confirmed.
The government has been dogged by questions about a possible conflict of interest between the Prime Minister and the charity ever since WE’s role with the Canada Student Service Grant was announced on June 25. After the contract was cancelled on July 3, more information has come out about the many connections between WE and the Prime Minister and other senior Liberals.
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