The number of Canadians claiming a charity tax credit declined by 165,330 in 2021 to the fewest in more than 30 years, Statistics Canada reported Tuesday. Fewer than 5 million tax filers claimed donations. “This decrease might be related to the increased use of crowdsourcing platforms and other methods of funding that do not provide…
Former Finance Minister Morneau Criticizes Trudeau’s Economic Policies, ‘Worried’ About Canada’s Future
Former finance minister Bill Morneau says he is concerned about Canada’s future, criticizing the federal government favouring short-term political goals in their economic policies that run counter to the betterment of the country. In his first speech since leaving politics, Morneau, who was finance minister in the Liberal government from 2015 to 2020, said Canada…
Former Finance Minister Morneau Criticizes Trudeau’s Economic Policies, Says He’s ‘Worried’ About Canada’s Future
Former finance minister Bill Morneau says he is concerned about Canada’s future, while criticizing the federal government for favouring short-term political goals in their economic policies that he says run counter to the betterment of the country. In his first speech since leaving politics, Morneau, who was finance minister in the Liberal government from 2015…
Ethics Watchdog: PM Didn’t Violate Conflict Rules Over WE Charity, but Morneau Did
OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not breach the Conflict of Interest Act over failing to recuse himself from cabinet discussions to have WE Charity operate a federal student-volunteer program, Canada’s ethics watchdog say in a report released Thursday. In a separate report, federal ethics commissioner Mario Dion found that former finance minister Bill Morneau did…
Opposition MPs Express Anger as Liberal House Leader, Not PM Aide, Testifies on WE
OTTAWA—A parliamentary hearing on the federal government’s now-dead deal with WE Charity threatened to devolve into chaos on Monday after the Liberals sent a cabinet minister to answer questions on behalf of one of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s senior aides. Members of the House of Commons ethics committee had expected to hear from Trudeau’s director…
Kielburgers Blame Feds for Student Grant Controversy, Questioned Over Contact With Trudeau’s Top Aide
In a testy appearance at the parliamentary ethics committee this week, the Kielburger brothers accused MPs of holding a political trial and placed blame on the federal government for the scandal that erupted over the student volunteer grant awarded to WE Charity last spring. Meanwhile, new questions emerged about the involvement of one of Prime…
Kielburgers Will Appear Before Commons Committee Monday: Lawyer
OTTAWA—Capping an extraordinary exchange of demands and counter-demands, a lawyer for WE Charity’s co-founders agreed late Thursday that Craig and Marc Kielburger will appear Monday before the House of Commons ethics committee. As long as he can “intervene where necessary to provide advice to our clients,” lawyer William McDowell wrote in a letter to the…
Kielburger Brothers Decline Request to Testify Before ‘Partisan’ Commons Committee
OTTAWA—WE Charity co-founders Craig and Marc Kielburger are declining requests to testify before two House of Commons committees. In a statement Wednesday, the charity noted that New Democrat MP Charlie Angus has requested that the RCMP and the Canada Revenue Agency investigate WE’s operations. The charity said it would be unfair to subject it to…
WE Charity Had Multiple ‘Opening’ Ceremonies for Kenya School: Former Donor
OTTAWA—A man who helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for WE Charity says he believes two different groups of donors were told they had raised the money for a school in Kenya. Reed Cowan testified before a parliamentary committee today where he said he discovered a plaque that had once borne his late son’s…
Trudeau’s Basis for Proroguing Parliament Last Year Was ‘Purely Political,’ Committee Hears
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s motivation for proroguing Parliament last summer in the midst of the WE Charity controversy was for political reasons, a parliamentary committee meeting heard on Jan. 28. “The decision to prorogue … was purely for political reasons and not anything else,” said Conservative MP Tom Lukiwski, a member of the Standing Committee…
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