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EXCLUSIVE: Trudeau Foundation Held Not 1 but 3 Meetings in PM’s Building

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…


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…


Alexandre Trudeau Says Chinese Donation Was Not Interference, Committee Is Wasting Time on Foundation

Alexandre Trudeau told MPs that everything about the donation to the Trudeau Foundation from two businessmen affiliated with the Chinese regime a few years ago was legitimate and didn’t constitute any attempt to influence his brother, who would later become prime minister. “Frankly, this is a waste of time because there is not a foreign…


Former Trudeau Foundation CEO Rosenberg Met with Chinese Officials

The former CEO of the Trudeau Foundation who accepted a donation linked to the Chinese regime told a committee he had not met with Chinese officials on the issue, but was presented with information that he did. Conservative MP Michael Barrett asked Morris Rosenberg if he had met with officials from the People’s Republic of…


Former Trudeau Foundation CEO Rosenberg Contradicted in Committee on Origin of Chinese Donation

The CEO of the Trudeau Foundation who was at the helm when it received a donation from businessmen tied to the Chinese regime told a House of Commons committee on May 2 that the donation was not foreign, but MPs questioned the assertion with receipts. Morris Rosenberg said in his opening statement that the donation…


Trudeau Foundation ‘Misled’ on Origin of Chinese Donation: Former CEO

The former Trudeau Foundation CEO who recently quit her post over the handling of a donation says her predecessor “misled” the public by claiming its origin was Canadian and not Chinese. Pascale Fournier, who left the foundation with other board members a few weeks ago during an internal crisis, was testifying before the House of…


Poilievre Raises Questions on Trudeau Foundation Holding Meeting in PM’s Building

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre pressed the Liberal government on links between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation after it was reported the latter held a meeting in the building that houses the Prime Minister’s Office in 2016. “[Trudeau] expects us to believe that he has no direct or indirect involvement with…


Public Inquiry Into Election Interference Should ‘Be on the Table:’ Election Integrity Adviser

Morris Rosenberg, the author of a recent report released by the federal government concluding that foreign interference attempts in the 2019 and 2021 elections did not sway their outcomes, says a public inquiry into interference reports should “be on the table.” Rosenberg, who is a former senior public servant, appeared on CTV’s Question Period on March 5,…


Panel Says Foreign Interference Didn’t Impact 2021 Election Integrity

A panel of senior federal employees examining foreign meddling in Canadian elections has concluded that the integrity of the 2021 federal election wasn’t impacted by foreign interference. In a Feb. 28 news release, the minister for Democratic Institutions said the panel “did not detect foreign interference that threatened Canada’s ability to have a free and fair election”…