Opposition MPs have raised questions about a meeting in April 2016 between the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation and senior government officials in the building that houses the Prime Minister’s Office. It turns out the foundation had two more such meetings in the building, according to records seen by The Epoch Times. Along with the April…
EXCLUSIVE: Trudeau Foundation Held Not 1 but 3 Meetings in PM’s Building
Poilievre and Singh to Begin Talks on Terms for Foreign Interference Inquiry
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh say they will soon begin talks concerning the terms of reference for a public inquiry into foreign interference. “We need a full public inquiry, and we want it to be a nonpartisan public inquiry,” Poilievre told reporters on June 14. According to a spokesperson for the…
Chinese Donation to Trudeau Foundation ‘Bought No Influence,’ Says Former CEO
The former CEO of the Trudeau Foundation who was at the helm when Chinese regime-backed entities made a donation says the fund could in no way have influenced the Canadian government. “The donation bought no influence and we never thought that a $200,000 donation would influence any government,” said Morris Rosenberg on June 12 as…
John Robson: With Johnston Gone, We Need a Real Public Inquiry With Teeth
Commentary So it looks like there’s going to be a public inquiry into Chinese communist meddling in our elections after all. At least Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc is hinting as much. Who saw that one coming? Not David Johnston, evidently. He finally stepped down from his untenable position, which I greet with the same…
Trudeau Foundation Board Chair Says Donation From Chinese Company Has Been Returned
The chair of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation’s board says the organization has returned a $140,000 donation to Millennium Golden Eagle International. Edward Johnson was speaking to a House committee that’s investigating allegations that Beijing orchestrated donations to the charity in an attempt to influence the prime minister. Those allegations came from a report in…
Trudeau Foundation Chair Says He Wasn’t Aware of Chinese Investments Made with Gov’t Endowment
Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation chair Edward Johnson says he was unaware that the organization invested some of its $125 million initial endowment from the federal government into Chinese companies. On June 8, Johnson told MPs on the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Accounts that the foundation “arranged a special meeting” two years ago to discuss…
Sex Harassment Case Involving Trudeau Foundation Should Be Heard in NL, Lawyer Says
The lawyer representing a woman who alleges she was sexually harassed by a former Northwest Territories premier says her client would likely have to end her lawsuit if a judge determines the trial should be moved to Quebec. Kathryn Marshall, with the Toronto-based law firm Levitt Sheikh, argued in Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court today…
Trudeau Foundation Has Investments in Chinese Companies Flagged for Security Risks, Says Former Board Member
The Trudeau Foundation has investments in Chinese companies Baidu and Tencent, a former board member told MPs on a parliamentary committee. Both companies have been subjects of security warnings. The Trudeau Foundation was created with a $125 million endowment from the federal government in 2001 in memory of former prime minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau, to…
Special Rapporteur Johnston Refuses to Appear at Committee Studying Trudeau Foundation
Special Rapporteur David Johnston has refused to take questions from MPs on the House of Commons public accounts committee regarding his previous work at the Trudeau Foundation, leading members of the committee to threaten to issue him a summons. “We have a meeting scheduled for a week today with individuals who have been involved with the…
MPs Seek to Review 10 Years’ Worth of Trudeau Foundation Tax Returns
Conservative and Bloc Québécois members of a House of Commons committee have served notice that they will seek to review 10 years’ worth of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation’s tax returns following evidence suggesting the organization misrepresented a $140,000 Beijing-linked donation. Conservative MP Kelly McCauley sponsored a motion during a meeting of the Commons Standing Committee on…
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