A transcript from Thursday's testimony in front of the finance committee
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is seen on screens as he attends a House of Commons finance committee meeting, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada July 30, 2020.After all, even the best program imaginable wouldn’t make any difference if it couldn’t be delivered this summer.
The Service Corps is an important and long-standing part of our national youth strategy and I knew that making it responsible for the CSSG would accelerate its development. As you know, by May 8, the public service had already concluded that WE Charity was the best option to deliver this program. As it became apparent to me, my Chief of Staff, Katie Telford, also didn’t know until the briefing on May 8 that WE Charity was being proposed.
Time to consider and understand the reasons behind the proposal that WE Charity deliver the program. On that issue, we had several questions that we wanted answered, particularly given my specific expertise in youth issues.It was not uncommon for me to be briefed on something relatively close in time to the Cabinet meeting.
My primary concern was to make sure that the public service could fully support its recommendation that without a doubt, WE Charity was the right – and indeed only – partner to deliver the program.
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