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Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion has opened an investigation into Trudeau’s role in the deal. It is the third ethics investigation the prime minister has faced the second exploring if he breached the same section of the Conflict of Interest Act he violated previously when he accepted family vacations to the Aga Khan’s private island.
Through a competitive process, a government contract is open to multiple bidders. The controversy over the nixed WE Charity deal is squared around the negative perception about the lack of competition in a sole-sourced deal. “There is absolutely no evidence, no suggestion in anything that I have reviewed that would suggest the prime minister had any interaction with the WE Charity in relation to this program,” Shugart told the finance committee. “None whatsoever.”
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