The document was among ones Conservatives pointed to in alleging a coverup of the government\u0027s decision to have WE Charity administer a multimillion\u002Ddollar program
But like many of the newly released records it was heavily blacked out, making it difficult to know what Kielburger was communicating to Morneau.
In a statement Thursday, WE Charity said the April 26 message included two reports from epidemiologists concerning second-wave COVID-19 predictions — reports Kielburger had mentioned to Morneau in a phone call the previous day.Trudeau prorogues parliament, ending WE investigations and leaving Commons empty for weeks
“Given the context of the conversation about COVID-19, during the conversation Mr. Kielburger described two reports that he recently read about COVID-19 and offered to send the reports to Minister Morneau.” The thousands of pages of newly released records seem to back up the Trudeau government’s assertion it was federal public servants who recommended the student service grant program be administered by WE Charity.
“We should be receiving an updated paper soon from them, and as soon as we get policy approvals I think we should reach out and bring them into the fold,” he wrote.
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