In a testy appearance at the parliamentary ethics committee on March 15, WE Charity’s founders accused MPs of holding a political trial and blamed the federal government for the scandal that erupted over the deal to run the student volunteer grant program awarded to the charity last spring. Meanwhile, new questions emerged about the involvement of one of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s senior advisers in the since-cancelled multimillion-dollar Canada Student Service Grant (CSSG) program. Craig and Marc Kielburger appeared at the committee alongside their lawyer on March 15—after initially declining to testify in what they called a “partisan” investigation. At the hearing they were questioned about WE Charity’s operations and the contract with the Liberal government to manage the CSSG. The now-abandoned arrangement would have paid WE Charity up to $43.5 million to run the program, which was designed to cover up to $5,000 in education costs for students who volunteered during …
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