Ethics commissioner Mario Dion is already investigating Trudeau and Finance Minister Bill Morneau for possible violation of the Conflict of Interest Act
For Trudeau, the issues stem from speaking fees and related expenses the WE organization paid to his mother, brother, and wife, amounting to over $500,000 based on testimony the charity’s co-founders provided to the House of Commons finance committee Tuesday.
Trudeau is set to testify Thursday at the Commons finance committee about the events that led to his cabinet asking WE Charity to oversee a program that provides grants to students and graduates for volunteering if they couldn’t find work this summer due to the pandemic-related economic slowdown. He warned the Opposition would look to pry more testimony out of Trudeau in the fall if he didn’t provide detailed answers.
The Liberals budgeted $912 million for the student-volunteer program, but only agreed to pay a maximum of $543 million to WE. That included about $43.5 million in administration fees to the group, with the remainder to be spent on the grants. On Tuesday, WE co-founders Craig and Marc Kielburger told the finance committee they expected the program to cost up to $300 million because the majority would earn between $1,000 and $3,000, with few hitting the maximum amount.
The ethics committee is meeting separately to look into the conflict-of-interest safeguards around government spending decisions.
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