Title: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on July 10, 2020, 12:06:01 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 10, 2020, 12:06:01 PM
By Lorne Gunter of Sun News Media
Justin Trudeau's mishandling of the WE Charity scandal will almost surely turn out to be his third official violation of federal ethics rules. However, if I were betting today, I would say this violation will have no more impact on Liberal voters than the first two.
Just the revelations of Wednesday and Thursday this week were probably enough to put the PM over the line vis-à-vis federal ethics laws.
On Wednesday, Trudeau admitted when the decision came to cabinet on whether to award WE administrative control of the nearly $1-billion Canada Student Service Grant ( CSSG), he did not recuse himself from the debate.
Even though Trudeau and his family have had a long, active history with the WE Charity and its founders Craig and Marc Kielburger, Trudeau now confesses he also voted to award the WE Charity a nearly $20-million contract to administer the CSSG.
Then on Thursday, Canadians learned the WE Charity (through its for-profit arm ME to WE Social Enterprises) has paid more than $280,000 over the past four years to Trudeau's mother Margaret and his brother Sacha in legitimate speaking fees.
Put those two together — payments from the charity to relatives, plus Trudeau's direct participation in decisions that would benefit the charity — and there would seem to be a classic conflict-of-interest.
Of course, even before those two revelations, the whole matter smelled as fishy as a sunny dock strewn with decomposing cod. Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, the prime minister's wife, is an official
"ambassador of WE well-being." She hosts the charity's online podcast and is listed as a "mentor, booster and champion" of the WE Charity.
She is also a frequent speaker at WE Day rallies — a sort "progressive" tent revival and boy-band frenzy for junior high students, all rolled into one.
The charity insists Gregoire Trudeau has not been paid for these appearances, only that WE has picked up her travel costs.
But Gregoire Trudeau and her children were recently in London, England, at a WE event just before the pandemic lockdowns. If WE paid for the children's expenses (and not just hers), that might well qualify as a personal enrichment under the ethics rules.
There is also the inconvenient fact that Trudeau himself was a frequent keynote speaker at WE rallies between 2012 and 2017 — two years after he became prime minister.
Indeed, Trudeau's first public speech after being sworn in as prime minister in November 2015 was at a WE Day rally in Ottawa. That's how close the Trudeaus, the Kielburgers and WE are.
On the credibility front, Trudeau of course initially insisted when the WE scandal broke that he had nothing to do with recommending WE for the sole-source contract nor approving the contract between his government and the charity.
He insisted the professional civil service alone picked WE and advised him they were the "only" charity in the country capable on short notice of dispensing nearly $1 billion to students for volunteer work done during this summer. (Ever heard of the YMCA, Boys and Girls Clubs, the United Way?)
Never mind, either, the little discrepancy between Trudeau's talking point about this being all the civil service's doing and the contrary claim by WE co-founder Marc Kielburger during a June video briefing that the Prime Minister's Office had called the charity directly and asked whether WE would be willing to help.
This should be three strikes and you're out for Trudeau.
He violated ethics laws in the Aga Khan private island vacation scandal and in the SNC-Lavalin affair.
But to have remorse, you first have shame. And Liberals, when in power, never believe they have anything to be ashamed of.
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on July 10, 2020, 12:11:23 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 10, 2020, 12:11:23 PM
Remarkably, Trudeau continues to see no conflict of interest in this contract or in his involvement in awarding it.
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on July 10, 2020, 12:14:13 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 10, 2020, 12:14:13 PM
His political rise mirrors that of WE Day.
He was a speaker at their first event in 2007 and has appeared many times since.
The young people he excited in 2007, 2008 and
2012 are no doubt voters for him now.
Even if Trudeau wasn't paid, he was given a platform afforded to very few elected Canadian leaders, a chance to speak to a large crowd of motivated youth and, more importantly, future voters.
She hosted a WE Day event in Montreal back in 2012.
The former TV host would have been well known to the parents of the kids in the audience, less so to the students themselves. She got to share the bill with her husband, then running to be Liberal leader. In 2018, Sophie announced at a WE Day event in Vancouver that she was now a WE ambassador.
She would later host a podcast for the organization. WE says she was paid $1,400 for the 2012 event but not for any others she has attended.
The PM's mother has become a vocal advocate for mental health after revealing her own struggles years ago.
What none of us knew was that she was being paid quite well.
Her speaking fees averaged almost $12,000 for her 28 WE Day events. After commission she received $250,000 for herself. WE says their sister company ME to WE paid those fees though in some cases they said mistakes were made.
About $64,000 was paid by WE Charity, money that ME to WE later reimbursed.
The PM's younger brother has been a foreign affairs adviser to Justin and worked on documentaries with the government of Iran.
His WE Day appearances totalled just eight days on stage for an average of $5,000 per appearance in 2017-18.
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Gaon on July 10, 2020, 01:07:23 PM
Post by: Gaon on July 10, 2020, 01:07:23 PM
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on July 10, 2020, 02:47:17 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 10, 2020, 02:47:17 PM
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on July 10, 2020, 06:04:07 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 10, 2020, 06:04:07 PM
This would not have happened in Israel. Canada's prime minister would have been in jail after his first ethics breach.
It's a Justine thing. The former pm, was not privileged like the current one is.
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on July 10, 2020, 07:53:18 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 10, 2020, 07:53:18 PM
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: cc on July 10, 2020, 09:09:22 PM
Post by: cc on July 10, 2020, 09:09:22 PM
Maybe I'll learn to treat Chinese as almost equals
or, failing that .. how to fake it
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on July 10, 2020, 09:12:29 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 10, 2020, 09:12:29 PM
I'm taking a "Woke" course
Maybe I'll learn to treat Chinese as almost equals
or, failing that .. how to fake itac_smile
You would burst out laughing if you tried pretending old Shen Li is your equal.
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on July 11, 2020, 01:17:32 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 11, 2020, 01:17:32 PM
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on July 11, 2020, 05:45:53 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 11, 2020, 05:45:53 PM
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Thiel on July 22, 2020, 07:41:08 PM
Post by: Thiel on July 22, 2020, 07:41:08 PM
'My mistake': Calls for Bill Morneau's resignation over $41,000 worth of WE Charity travel expenses
Morneau revelation is yet another potential ethics violation in the scandal over a contract for the student volunteer program
OTTAWA – Finance Minister Bill Morneau repaid more than $41,000 in travel expenses to WE Charity Wednesday, just hours before testifying at the finance committee about the $912 million contract the government gave them.
"It's my mistake," Morneau admitted, saying it was only in the last few days that he realized he had not reimbursed WE for the money.
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on July 22, 2020, 08:50:52 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 22, 2020, 08:50:52 PM
Coincidence? Not bloody likely.
'My mistake': Calls for Bill Morneau's resignation over $41,000 worth of WE Charity travel expenses
Morneau revelation is yet another potential ethics violation in the scandal over a contract for the student volunteer program
OTTAWA – Finance Minister Bill Morneau repaid more than $41,000 in travel expenses to WE Charity Wednesday, just hours before testifying at the finance committee about the $912 million contract the government gave them.
"It's my mistake," Morneau admitted, saying it was only in the last few days that he realized he had not reimbursed WE for the money.https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/a-mistake-morneau-under-fire-over-41000-of-we-charity-expenses
Bill Morneau is a multi millionaire and he receives money from a charity..
WE seems like a sleazy fake charity.
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on July 23, 2020, 01:49:29 AM
Post by: Anonymous on July 23, 2020, 01:49:29 AM
As the WE scandal rises, Bill Morneau can feel himself sinking
The conjunction of WE and the Liberal Party is remarkable, to the point where it is becoming hard to say where one stops and the other begins
Bill Morneau looked like a drowning man after he revealed to a parliamentary committee that he had received $41,000 in paid travel and hospitality from WE Charity, the organization his government subsequently handed a $900 million contribution agreement.
He said he wasn't aware of the $41,000 in expenses paid by WE for trips to Ecuador and Kenya in 2017, until he conducted a detailed analysis of his financial records in recent days.
He may or may not be culpable of having pushed for the architecture of a volunteer student grant that only WE could administer. But he has already admitted he should have recused himself from any WE business since one daughter, Clare, is a speaker for the charity, and another, Grace, is a contract employee.
Failure to do so appears to be a contravention of section 21 of the Conflict of Interest Act.
Now he has admitted accepting paid travel and hospitality from WE, apparently in breach of sections 11 and 12 of the Act, which bars public office holders from accepting gifts that might influence decisions.
Morneau's admission was a windfall for his Conservative nemesis, Pierre Poilievre. "Canadians will find it impossible to believe that this organization showered you with $41,000 in luxury accommodation and somehow you didn't know about it. Who did you think paid for all the wine and food and luxury travel?" he said.
It turns out the rich really are different from everyone else.
For most of us, a subsidized holiday to Ecuador and Kenya would be cause for celebration that would make the Rio de Janeiro Carnival look like a wake. But we are led to believe the nation's finance minister simply forgot this largesse on the part of an organization that seems to have become an adjunct of the Liberal Party. Neither did anyone at WE – a charity that was in breach of its bank covenants – think to ask for the money back.
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on July 23, 2020, 08:55:34 AM
Post by: Anonymous on July 23, 2020, 08:55:34 AM
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on July 23, 2020, 01:00:38 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 23, 2020, 01:00:38 PM
WE seems like a charity for the LIberal party.
WE charity is an extension of the Liberal party. It is a corrupt slush fund on par with the Clinton Foundation.
By Brian Lilley of Sun News Media
Trudeau gov't flounders amid WE scandal
They told us for weeks that it was all the idea of the public service, and then found out that WE actually pitched ministers Chagger, Ng and Morneau.
They claimed WE would be paid $19.5 million for administering the $912-million contract. Turns out that it was $43.5 million up for grabs. Finally it turns out they didn't even sign the contract with WE Charity but another group.
The other major problem revealed Wednesday by Global News is that the government did not give the $912-million contract to 'WE Charity' as they have said daily since announcing this on June 25, but instead to the 'WE Charity Foundation.' What's the difference? WE Charity Foundation is essentially the equivalent of a shell company — a separate legal entity from WE Charity, just like WE Charity is separate from ME to WE — the Kielburger brothers' private company.
What the Trudeau Liberals did with this contract is commit nearly $1 billion to an unknown group acting as if it were WE.
The PM has agreed to testify before the finance committee on this file at a to-be-determined date.
Given how badly Trudeau's ministers have handled this file and their appearances so far, I'm not sure Trudeau testifying is a good idea fro the government.
If the Liberals are thinking it can't get any worse, they should think again.
WE paid for your travel, that has the apparent perception of attempting to buy political influence. You didn't think that was a problem. New Democrat MP Charlie Angus
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on July 23, 2020, 01:08:32 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 23, 2020, 01:08:32 PM
By Brian Lilley of Sun News Media
Researcher Vivian Krause told members of the House of Commons finance committee that there are concerns about WE Charity's corporate relations.
Krause told MPs that WE Charity's U.S. tax returns in 2019 showed $118 million in donations, including major gifts from wellknown brands such as Allstate, with $32 million, and Microsoft, with a $10-million gift.
She didn't express concern over WE getting donations from large corporations, but rather what the corporations got in return.
"As I watched some of WE Charity's videos, I was surprised to notice these corporate logos pop up," she said. "KPMG T-shirts,
Royal Bank T-shirts, the DHL delivery trucks and so on."
One job ad in particular jumped out. "Looking through the job ads, I found that WE Charity has advertised to hire people to work alongside Allstate Financial and that WE Charity says very clearly in its job ad that its program with Allstate 'plays a vital role in Allstate's success,'" she said. Krause also raised the spectre of WE selling personal data collected from their millions of fans and supporters.
"WE says, as part of the literature for Track Your Impact, that they have almost 4 million people in their movement. If that's the case, that's a gold mine of consumer data about a highly desirable market segment: Children. Millennials," Krause said.
"Do they share it with their corporate partners?
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on July 23, 2020, 01:25:33 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 23, 2020, 01:25:33 PM
A charity allied with Trudeau's family, with Trudeau a frequent and vocal supporter of it, while the WE organization paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in speaking fees though a for-profit subsidiary within its Byzantine organizational structure, to Trudeau's mother and brother. Plus the travel expenses of his wife as a WE ambassador.
As more and more disturbing facts have come out about this now-cancelled contract — uncovered mainly by media rather than the openness and transparency Trudeau pledged in winning the 2015 federal election, one thing remains unchanged.
That is that what got Trudeau into his latest conflict-of-interest controversy is what got him into the Lavscam and Aga Khan messes, his lack of political ethics.
Which means it's reasonable to believe if he wins the next election — having survived the last one in which the Aga Khan and Lavscam scandals were known — he'll do it again.
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on July 23, 2020, 07:08:02 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 23, 2020, 07:08:02 PM
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on July 24, 2020, 02:00:36 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 24, 2020, 02:00:36 PM
-A Liberal-friendly charity.
-Free luxury vacations.
-Almost one billion dollars sole-sourced to a shady holding company.
-Trudeau's family members taking payments.
The leader of the BQ has called on Trudeau to resign. We could be in for another election. Trudeau would like to strike while the Tories are leaderless.
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on July 25, 2020, 05:38:57 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 25, 2020, 05:38:57 PM
BTW: This man runs the nation's finances.
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on July 26, 2020, 11:30:40 AM
Post by: Anonymous on July 26, 2020, 11:30:40 AM
During his blackface scandal last year, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the "layers of privilege" he grew up with blinded him to the fact that donning blackface was racist.
We'd argue Trudeau's latest conflict-of-interest scandal in the WE Charity controversy — the third one he's being investigated for by the ethics commissioner — stems from the same problem.
That is, that Trudeau, who grew up as the son of a former prime minister, is an elitist who believes he is privileged, and thus entitled to ignore the standards of ethicalpolitical conduct that apply to lesser mortals.
In the Aga Khan vacations scandal, Trudeau said he was sorry after then ethics commissioner Mary Dawson found he had broken four sections of the Conflict of Interest Act, and that he would consult the commissioner on future vacation plans.
But he publicly refused to acknowledge her key finding.
Instead, he insisted he was a close, personal friend of the Aga Khan, noting he disagreed with Dawson's finding to the contrary, which meant Trudeau couldn't claim an exemption under the conflict law for accepting gifts from friends.
In the SNC-Lavalin scandal, where current ethics commissioner Mario Dion ruled he improperly used his political influence to try to have a criminal charge against the company dropped, Trudeau refused to apologize.
He said he wouldn't apologize for trying to protect Canadian jobs.
In his latest conflict of interest controversy, Trudeau belatedly apologized for advocating for, participating in and approving his government's awarding of a $912 million solesource contract to the WE charity organization, to which he and his family have personal and financial ties.
The ethics commissioner's investigation into this issue has just started.
But regardless of the outcome, what is the value of an apology from a prime minister who has already broken the conflict law twice, who says he accepts responsibility for his actions, while failing to demonstrate the most basic form of taking responsibility, by admitting he accepts that what he did was wrong?
The most logical explanation of Trudeau's conduct, as it was in his previous conflict scandals, is that his "layers of privilege" lead him to believe he doesn't have to follow the rules because, after all, the rules are for little people.
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: cc on July 27, 2020, 02:25:54 PM
Post by: cc on July 27, 2020, 02:25:54 PM
Trudeau and his chief of staff Katie Telford have agreed to speak with the committee as part of a parliamentary probe into the Liberal government's aborted deal with the WE deal.
WE backed out of the program in early July, citing the controversy over the Liberals' handing the organization a sole-sourced deal despite its ties to Trudeau and Finance Minister Bill Morneau.
Several members of Trudeau's family have been paid hundreds of thousands of dollars between them for appearances at WE events, most notably his mother Margaret.
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on July 27, 2020, 03:10:29 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 27, 2020, 03:10:29 PM
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on July 28, 2020, 12:19:32 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 28, 2020, 12:19:32 PM
1 Who contacted whom about WE Charity running a government program for youth during the pandemic and when? At first, the government claimed that it was the civil service that picked WE. Marc Kielburger claimed the Trudeau's office contacted him and then quickly changed his tune when that got Trudeau in hot water. WE submitted proposals to the government as early as April 9. Let's get to the bottom of this.
2 Which cabinet ministers did WE meet before getting this contract, and when did those meetings happen? Minister Bardish Chagger has insisted it was the civil service who dreamt up this $912 million program but failed to tell the committee last week that she met with Craig Kielburger on April 17, five days before the program was announced. Bill Morneau had a phone call. Who else did they talk to?
3 Was there ever a quid pro quo with the PM on hiring his family? WE's funding shot up dramatically after Justin Trudeau became prime minister, from $500,000 over 3 years to $5 million over four. At the same time, WE began hiring the PM's mother to speak at WE Day events to the tune of $312,000 over 4 years or on average $78,000 per year. Did WE do this to keep grants and contracts flowing? Was there ever any discussion of this with Trudeau?
4 Since WE withdrew from the contract on July 3, have either Craig or Marc Kielburger, staff from WE, ME to WE, or any of your representatives spoken to or been in contact with the prime minister's office?
5 Why did WE, a charity most people associate with helping people in the poorest parts of the world go from $10.8 million in real estate in 2013 to $43.7 million in 2018? Does the charity really need a whole block in Toronto? Is
there a condo redevelopment plan going on here?
6 How many other MPs and cabinet ministers have taken free trips from WE/ME to WE and will you name them?
7 How much revenue did ME to WE generate last year? This is a business that makes a ton of money because it is associated with a charity. It sells the products and trips based on the premise that it is helping charity — they even use similar branding. Reports claim ME to WE earned $47 million last year, is that accurate?
8 Was the board fired or did they resign and why? This is an important question for both the Kielburgers and Michelle Douglas to answer. Douglas, the former board chair told the Globe she did not leave under normal circumstances and that there were concerning developments at the charity. What were the concerning developments?
9 There is a recording of a phone call where Marc Kielburger listens as a now-former employee describes bribing Kenyan officials and having difficulty getting them to take the money. Has WE or ME to WE or their employees or representatives ever bribed officials in another country?
10 Nine different properties in Kenya were transferred from WE's charitable operations in that country to a private company called WE Education for Children Limited. Can you tell us why you did that? Will WE provide the names of the people who control the private company now holding land purchased with charitable contributions? And finally, how much real estate does WE or ME to WE own outside of Canada?
If we can get clear answers to these questions the country will have a clearer understanding of what has been going on with this contract the past few months and this charity for the past several years.
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on July 31, 2020, 03:29:39 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 31, 2020, 03:29:39 PM
But after what Canadians witnessed yesterday, the only thing he seems sorry about is getting caught for possibly breaking the law... for the third time.
His story keeps changing. Now he says it was only the perception of a conflict he was worried about.
He admitted that his wife, mother and brother were enriched by a charity that has been given millions of taxpayers' dollars under his watch. If that's not a real conflict in Justin's world, then what is?
He now claims he pushed back on the WE program at the same time that WE was spending millions of taxpayers' dollars to ramp up a program that had not yet been approved by the Cabinet.
The WE charity had no doubt that their political soulmate, Justin Trudeau, would deliver the goods and paper over the deal after the fact.
The problem for Trudeau is his timeline does not add up, and his story is simply not credible.
Trudeau's sense of entitlement means he can justify almost anything, including corruption.
Vacationing on the dime of global elites while Prime Minister? No problem.
Exploiting a charity to get votes? So what.
And when you play fast and loose with ethics, you lose the moral authority to judge the conduct of others. Now we know that Bill Morneau's daughter is on the WE payroll, and his family accepted free vacations from the charity to the tune of $41,000.
But Morneau would have us believe he meant to repay it and forgot. That's the same Finance Minister who forgot to declare he owned a villa in France. Would you forget about $41,000 you owed or a villa in France?
Now Trudeau is asking Canadians for forgiveness. Again.
Justin Trudeau believes the laws don't apply to him, and he can simply get away with his unethical and illegal actions.
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on July 31, 2020, 03:39:59 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 31, 2020, 03:39:59 PM
The Liberal MPs didn't even seem that interested in getting answers from the Kielburger brothers, choosing to use much of their time to praise them for their work instead of digging into how they could operate as highly influential lobbyists without registering as such.
This is incredibly insulting to the Canadians whose tax dollars pay the MPs' salaries. The base salary of each MP $178,900.00 and is paid by the taxpayers. As such, all MPs owe it to us not to let Trudeau and his ministers get away with their corruption.
First of all we need to call a public inquiry into this scandal. The Prime Minister's family received half a million dollars from a charity that he was trying to give half a billion dollars to. Members of his cabinet have deep ties with WE charity and there are many concerning questions how this, now obviously deeply unethical charity, was able to operate as essentially a youth wing of the Liberal party.
Canadians deserve answers and not the deflections that Justin Trudeau can get away with under parliamentary privilege. There must be consequences, including consequences for not telling the truth.
Second, we need to consider better ways to deal with future conflict of interest and ethical scandals.
Stephen Harper's Director of Public Prosecutions Act was designed to prevent repetitions of the Sponsorship Scandal and ended up being a key factor in catching JustIn Trudeau's unethical behavior in the SNC-Lavalin Scandal last year.
Like Prime Minister Harper, who changed laws in the wake of Chretien's Sponsorship Scandal, we need to learn from the scandals of Justin Trudeau, and close the loopholes he has used for the last five years to get away with corruption.
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on August 04, 2020, 07:47:12 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 04, 2020, 07:47:12 PM
1. He "forgot" to declare his luxury villa in France.
2. He "forgot" he can't give hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to his daughter's workplace.
3. He "forgot" to pay $41,000 for an exotic vacation with WE.
I will never forget this Liberal corruption.
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on August 04, 2020, 10:08:23 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 04, 2020, 10:08:23 PM
CBC BUSTED: Panelist who defended WE Charity was paid $40,000 by Trudeau governmentQuote
CBC commentator and president of Pomp & Circumstance PR, Amanda Alvaro failed to disclose to the public broadcaster that her company received $16,950 from the Department of Foreign Affairs, which would directly conflict with the Journalistic Standards and Practices at the CBC: "it is important to mention any association, affiliation or specific interest a guest or commentator may have so the public can fully understand that person's perspective."
Additionally, Alvaro received an added $24,997 contract to provide "communications advice" to Trudeau's Minister of Women Maryam Monsef, according to Blacklock's Reporter.
To the surprise of no one, Navarro has made frequent appearances of CBC's Power & Politics, wherein she defended the Trudeau Liberals in their ongoing WE Charity scandal.https://thepostmillennial.com/cbc-busted-panelist-who-defended-we-charity-was-paid-40000-by-trudeau-government?fbclid=IwAR0dJfjRRs6fWkNv1vmg6kskTjEZ2tw_CW5Md4BlMrtPYTWwkAoK2A927gg
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on August 04, 2020, 11:58:31 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 04, 2020, 11:58:31 PM
Trudeau's story keeps changing. We heard on Thursday that the civil service told him that only WE could administer the program and that he pushed back, but never recused himself. What a surprise it is to learn that he is actually the hero of this story!
Trudeau admitted that his wife, mother, and brother were enriched by a charity that has been given millions of taxpayers' dollars under his watch. Only to a walking, talking ethics violation would this not appear to be a conflict of interest, but of course this is his government's sixth ethics violation.
In a democracy like Canada, it is essential that people see that the principle of the law applying equally to all is not merely spoken of, but also practiced in full.
The WE scandal has troubling legal implications, but the deeper problem it reveals is ideological and cultural.
The scandal is a testament not just to Justin Trudeau's obliviousness, but to the clueless arrogance of the entire leftist Canadian cultural establishment that supports Trudeau's Liberal party.
WE, the complicated charity that somehow managed to acquire nearly $50 million worth of real estate holdings in Toronto alone under several numbered companies, has been exposed as just one more tool through which Liberal politicians, activists, entertainers, and media figures have been collecting tax-funded subsidies while shaping the minds of schoolchildren according to their leftist worldview.
Trudeau reasons that what is good for Canada's rich, powerful, and politically fashionable is good for Canada as a whole, because he lacks the mental and moral capacity to distinguish between the two.
Justin Trudeau will continue to enrich himself, his family, and his friends at the expense of ordinary Canadians to the detriment of Canadian democratic institutions. He will keep behaving as though the law doesn't apply to him, and he will continue to offer empty apologies whenever he is caught.
The only way to stop the next Trudeau corruption scandal is to remove the Liberals from power.
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 10:42:09 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 10:42:09 AM
WE controversy takes bite out of Trudeau, Liberal popularity: Poll
Forty-nine per cent of respondents also felt that the WE controversy has hurt their opinion of Trudeau while 42 per cent said the same thing about the Liberal Party. Fewer than five per cent said it had improved their view of either.
The poll shows 33 per cent of decided voters supporting the Liberals versus 31 per cent for the Conservatives and 20 per cent for the NDP. The Bloc followed with eight per cent and the Greens at six.
"From a voter-intention perspective, it allows the Conservatives to be back in the game," Bourque said.
"Since the start of the pandemic, they were always behind the Liberals. But now they're within a couple of points and this allows them to be part of the dance now. So as soon as they get a new leader, they could basically say they want an election now."
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 02:35:56 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 02:35:56 PM
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Thiel on August 06, 2020, 11:39:08 PM
Post by: Thiel on August 06, 2020, 11:39:08 PM
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Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
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Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on August 07, 2020, 11:16:25 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 07, 2020, 11:16:25 AM
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Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on August 08, 2020, 01:44:44 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 08, 2020, 01:44:44 PM
You'll remember Rob from his decade of Liberal punditry on CBC where he attacked Conservatives as a profession. He's also married to Trudeau's Chief of Staff, Katie Telford.
It's time to derail the Liberal gravy train.
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on August 09, 2020, 08:28:04 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 09, 2020, 08:28:04 PM
The Conservative Party wants to know who was responsible for outsourcing the federal government's $84 million rent subsidy program during the novel coronavirus pandemic, which was awarded to a company where the spouse of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's chief of staff, Katie Telford, holds a senior vice-president position.
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on August 21, 2020, 01:06:49 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 21, 2020, 01:06:49 PM
ETHICS COMMISSIONER
Mario Dion has already said he has launched investigations into both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Bill Morneau. Despite Morneau stepping down as finance minister and MP, Dion's office has said a report will be made public.
The privacy commissioner has been asked to examine and file a report into the handling of personal data supplied by Canadians when applying for the Canada student service grant. The agreement between the government and WE stated the government would not own the data, that it was the property of WE. The terms of service of the website have clauses regarding use of the data that are unlikely to meet the requirement of the federal government.
ELECTIONS CANADA
Elections Canada has been asked to investigate the production and distribution of a campaign-style video created by WE but featuring
Justin Trudeau. The video stayed online during the last election campaign which likely means, based on precedent, that Trudeau was in violation of the Elections Act for not declaring the video a campaign expense and paying for it.
PROCUREMENT OMBUDSMAN
This office is tasked with ensuring that contracts are awarded fairly through the federal government. The office has confirmed to Postmedia that it is conducting a review of WE Charity contracts, including several sole-sourced contracts under $40,000 that were granted before this scandal.
LOBBYING COMMISSIONER
The federal lobbying commissioner is not allowed to state whether an investigation is underway. That said, given the sudden registration of 18 WE Charity employees as lobbyists and the recording of 43 different contacts with government retroactive to earlier this year, there is a very good chance that the commissioner has launched an investigation.
RCMP
The RCMP have now confirmed two distinct investigations into the Trudeau government, one for WE and one into the SNC-Lavalin affair.
HOUSE OF COMMONS COMMITTEES
Before prorogation, the WE Charity scandal was being investigated by the finance committee, the ethics committee, the government operations committee and the official languages committee.
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on September 06, 2020, 07:45:21 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 06, 2020, 07:45:21 PM
Opposition calls for 2nd investigation into claims of improper lobbying
The federal Conservatives have asked Canada's ethics watchdog to launch an investigation into allegations of improper lobbying related to the government's emergency wage subsidy program.
The probe concerns possible breaches of the Conflict of Interest Act involving Michael McNair, a then-informal adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau; Katie Telford, Trudeau's chief of staff; and Telford's husband, Rob Silver.
Vice reported last month that Silver had contacted staff in the Prime Minister's Office and then-finance minister Bill Morneau's office to ask for changes to the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS). Those changes would make MCAP, the mortgage and insurance company for which Silver works, eligible for the program. Silver was ultimately not successful in changing the eligibility criteria.
"By indulging Mr. Silver's appeals, referring him back to Mr. Morneau's office, and directing Mr. Morneau's staff to speak to Mr. Silver, Mr. McNair, in our view, gave preferential treatment to Mr. Silver... based on his identity as both a friend and the spouse of his friend and immediate superior Ms. Telford," Conservative finance and ethics critics Pierre Poilievre and Michael Barrett wrote in a letter to ethics commissioner Mario Dion on Sunday.
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on September 10, 2020, 09:54:17 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 10, 2020, 09:54:17 PM
Former finance minister must pay $300 fine and post findings online.
Title: Re: Third ethics strike for Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on September 10, 2020, 10:40:49 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 10, 2020, 10:40:49 PM
They made an example out of the former finance minister.:001_rolleyes: Bill Morneau violated Elections Act ahead of 2019 election: commissioner
Former finance minister must pay $300 fine and post findings online.https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/morneau-elections-commissioner-1.5718605
That's tip money for Bill Morneau.