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So #WECharity has already been paid $30 million $$ of your money WE Charity signed a contract for $43.5-million to run the Canada Student Service... Grant, and the federal government paid $30-million of it within one week of the Trudeau Liberals announcing the new program. The government first announced the contract on June 25, but it was cancelled on July 3 amid conflict-of-interest accusations against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The deal called for all the money to be paid to WE by July 2. The charity said Monday it received $30-million on June 30, but will refund all the money. The details of repayment are presently being worked out with the government, WE said in a statement. WE said Monday the money paid to the charity reflects startup costs for the program and could only be spent on eligible expenses, as defined in the contract. Both Mr. Trudeau and Finance Minister Bill Morneau have apologized for failing to recuse themselves from the cabinet decision to award WE the contract. The Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner is investigating whether they broke federal ethics laws. The House finance committee is studying the controversy around the government’s decision to award the contract to the charity despite multiple financial ties that the families of Mr. Trudeau and Mr. Morneau have with WE. On Monday, the finance committee confirmed that Mr. Trudeau and his chief of staff, Katie Telford, will testify on Thursday afternoon. WE co-founders Craig and Marc Kielburger will speak to the committee on Tuesday. The contract was signed on June 23, but came into effect on May 5, 2020. WE says the May 5 date reflects when it began working on the project and incurring eligible expenditures to design, build and prepare to deliver the program. Because of the speed with which the program needed to be launched and delivered, WE acted in good faith to undertake these actions before this agreement had been finalized and signed. Mr. Morneau said last week the cabinet’s special committee on COVID-19 met on May 5 to discuss the program, but cabinet’s final decision was made more than two weeks later. https://www.theglobeandmail.com//article-we-charity-contr/

Milton, do you agree with the statement made by your current MP? Watch this interview with @avankayak #wecharity #BillMorneau #WEscandal https://twitter.com/PnPCBC/status/1286416050951729157?s=19