Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s testimony to the finance committee is the latest episode in the months-long controversy involving him, his family and the WE Charity’s co-founders, surrounding a multi-million dollar student grant program.

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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.

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Trudeau says he didn’t know WE Charity might get grant until matter came to cabinet

Justin Trudeau says he didn’t know anything about a decision to give a sole-sourced deal to administer a $912-million student grant program to the WE Charity until the matter was set to come before his cabinet in early May.Trudeau is the latest and most high-profile witness asked to come before the House of Commons finance committee to explain why the government thought it was a good idea to give the controversial charity a sole-sourced deal to run a student grant program, despite its close ties to his family.“I did absolutely nothing to influence that recommendation. I didn’t even know it had been made until May 8,” Trudeau said in his opening statement to the committee.

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What is the WE Charity scandal and who are the Kielburger brothers?

WE Charity agreed to run student grant program as ‘favour’ to Canada: Kielburgers According to a biography posted on the WE Charity website, Craig Kielburger is a “social entrepreneur” and a co-founder of WE Charity.He was born and raised in Thornhill, Ont.Craig, alongside his brother Marc, founded WE Charity — formerly known as Free the Children — when they were teenagers, in 1995.The younger of the Kielburger brothers was inspired to advocate on behalf of child labourers after reading a headline in the Toronto Star: “Battled child labour, boy, 12, murdered.”The brothers’ initial Free the Children charity fundraised for a number of organizations which worked to help free children from situations of forced labour.The teens gained

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Trudeau and chief of staff to testify on WE controversy Thursday

Justin Trudeau is to testify Thursday afternoon about his government’s decision to get the WE organization to run a summer student-volunteer program.His chief of staff Katie Telford is to follow him for questioning by the House of Commons finance committee.

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Trudeau’s approval rating drops amid WE scandal, faith in Liberals remains: poll

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