Justin Trudeau’s testimony leaves us with an implausible WE Charity narrative It’s an explanation that draws a blunt response from the union representing 140,000 federal employees.“It’s insulting,” Chris Aylward, president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, said.“This could have been done by the federal public service.
There was absolutely no need to contract this out.”Aylward said federal civil servants already manage programs similar to the one that WE was contracted to run.The Canada Student Service Grant program — now stuck in limbo as the WE scandal rages — was supposed to pay students to perform voluntary charity work.Trudeau said WE Charity was well-positioned to manage the program because of its years of charitable outreach.