Pierre Poilievre says the prime minister would “love to have an election before the truth comes out” cdnpoli
from the WE decision because of his family’s ties to the organization — such as his mother and brother receiving hefty speaking fees and expenses to appear at WE events— the prime minister has said he did not influence the decision of public servants to recommend WE run the program. Trudeaubefore the finance committee in July, saying he only learned on May 8 that Employment and Social Development Canada was recommending WE Charity administer the program.
“Why don’t we ask what’s in those pages at a parliamentary committee? Well, I’ll tell you why: Justin Trudeau shut down those parliamentary committees. When did he do it? The same day these documents became public,” he said. “What a coincidence.”
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