Justin Trudeau was in the hot seat Thursday as he testified to the House of Commons finance committee about his role in the decision to give WE Charity a sole-sourced deal to administer a $912-million student grant program.Trudeau and his chief of staff Katie Telford both expressed regret that the prime minister did not recuse himself from the decision, given the charity’s long history with members of both Trudeau’s and Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s families.
Trudeau says he didn’t know WE Charity might get grant until matter came to cabinet The nearly four-hour testimony featured new revelations of when Trudeau knew about WE’s selection by the public service to administer the program, while opposition members took the opportunity to.