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BREAKING: Treasury Board officials told Trudeau that WE Charity did not have capacity to handle contracthttps://t.co/7qTKhM0dyL
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) August 19, 2020
The Libranos: WE “Nudged”
The ever reliable Joan Bryden…
Jesus, finally. The truth is out:
-Proof that it was the Trudeau gov't & not the public service who first put forth WE for the job.
-Proof of early PMO pressure
-Proof that WE leveraged relationships w Margaret & Sophie Trudeau to get the $#WEscandalhttps://t.co/XhrdnYTYxY pic.twitter.com/EaEfdFBE5M
— Jesse Brown (@JesseBrown) August 19, 2020
Only WE Can Turn Back Time
From at least the first time I saw Back to the Future I thought having a time machine would be awesome. Imagine being able to go back in time and fix mistakes with no consequences.
But alas, science fiction, right? Well, apparently not if you’re the Kielburger Brothers and “WE”. For them, its all in a Friday afternoon news dump.
I’m talking, of course, about the ridiculous, retroactive Lobbyist Registration WE filed last week.
The Dark Night Of Fascism Is Always Descending On Trump
“He’ll meet you at the bus stop”.
I’ve been busy. Is Bill Morneau still our Finance Minister?
Bumped. Morneau is holding a news conference at 7:15pm. Radio-Canada is reporting he plans to resign.
My sources confirm that Bill Morneau has resigned as Minister of Finance.
— David Cochrane (@CochraneCBC) August 17, 2020
And from his Montreal seat as well. In fact, he’s done such a fin job with Canada, that Morneau has raised his sights to secretary general of the OECD.
WE Know Nuttin’
WE Charity suddenly discloses dozens of previously-secret lobbying conversations with Trudeau government.
— pierrepoilievre (@PierrePoilievre) August 13, 2020
The report is here.
WEBroke
Their rescue package so cruelly yanked, WE Charity lays off staff, looks to sell Toronto real estate in wake of scandal
The WE Charity Scandal Explained
As only Quick Dick can.
(h/t Stan)
Opening Bid
What’s the Bloc angling for now?
Questions around the ongoing WE Charity student grant controversy and concerns about the Liberals’ handling of other pandemic response efforts dominated Wednesday’s special summer House of Commons sitting, as the Bloc Quebecois continued to push for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and two of his top officials to resign, threatening attempts to force a snap election if they don’t.
WEBroke
I’ll Go Out On A Limb And Say “None”. Federal minister in charge of student volunteer grant program can’t say how much of $30 million paid to WE has been reimbursed
The Libranos: WE Realty
2. Here is a commercial lease for that building, which has been leaked to me. pic.twitter.com/wQ7vKct0jh
— Jesse Brown (@JesseBrown) August 4, 2020
More from Vivian Krause: This revenue graph just doesn’t look right to me. So perfect. These guys just waltzed through 2009 & 2010 like nothing happened. And on the expenditures side, about 66% is in the grey. Unspecified.
I wish I had better source links than these tweets, but it is what it is these days.
The Libranos: Speed Bump
I can almost hear the bus coming that Trudeau will be throwing his Finance Minister under. PM Trudeau: Morneau 'should not have accepted' gifts from WE Charity https://t.co/oSD2KqWmVn
— Don Martin (@DonMartinCTV) August 1, 2020
The Children Are Their Future
Brian Lilley: The Trudeau government handed over ownership of personal data from anyone applying for a student grant to WE Charity — even with the charity having withdrawn from the program, where the personal data of applicants is remains up in the air.
What Else Has WE Been Up To?
Story is online here.
And this just happened…
The name Diana on box is same as a contact person for Me To We travel bookings… bottom of page #cdnpoli https://t.co/J64LHMcl14 https://t.co/U1W3YStep8
— Ross McLean (@RossMcleanSec) July 30, 2020
Kielburger: “You’re killing a Canadian charity!”
Also Kielburger.
MTV Cribs: Craig Kielburger Epsiode from Haddon Strategy on Vimeo.
Related: “Hey, let’s call Craig. If he’s not giving some big-shot donor the luxury tour of Kenya, he’d be just the guy.”
That Would Be A Yes
Video of the Kielburgers refusing to say under oath whether their lawyer hired a private investigator to look into me and @JesseBrown https://t.co/I8m0mYUcOs
— Jaren Kerr (@whoisjaren) July 28, 2020
Here WE Go
The Kielburger bros testimony has commenced on CPAC.
UPDATE. Poilievre questioning. It’s going badly.
A new admission, extracted from a mostly stupid round robin of bafflegab.
Moments ago @marckielburger just informed the Commons finance committee that in addition to the $312,000 paid to Margaret Trudeau for speaking at WE Day events she was reimbursed an additional $167,944 in expenses. So a total of $479,944. #cdnpoli #WEscandal pic.twitter.com/XgeLXjdaIG
— Brian Lilley (@brianlilley) July 28, 2020
Jesse Brown is tweeting a play by play.
I ask the experts: Does comms training coach men to answer interrogative questions in up talk? Does up talk raise or lower persuasiveness?
So this is weird. Tony Clement was cited as a "great man" & "mentor" by Craig Kielburger.@TonyclementCPC just messaged me to say he met Craig once, has no other connection at all to Kielburger or WE, and has no idea what he was talking about when Craig cited him as his mentor
— Jesse Brown (@JesseBrown) July 28, 2020
The Libranos: WE HAVE A WINNER
Librano math: How the hell does a contract originally claimed to be worth $19-million by the Trudeau government get an advanced payment of $33-million?
*DING*DING*DING*DING*
We have a winner.
Update: $30 Million was paid to WE within a week of contract signing (May 5!) & now has to be re-paid back..
The WE Show
Programing note: Those SDAers retired or otherwise not working, make sure you tune in to the House of Commons Finance committee hearings tomorrow, Tuesday. Michelle Douglas, former WE chair of directors, who quit last March, is scheduled to testify, along with the Kielburger cronies.
There’s more to come out about Kenya: Who does ‘voluntourism’ actually help? Trips run by WE and other charities draw skepticism
The Libranos: And how are WE doing this fine Saturday?
Alas, still not good.
Hey, look Margaret, too, travelled to Kenya with WE [in 2017] And that sure looks like Kim Campbell [who chairs Trudeau's Judge selection Committee] in the photo! #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/VLPIIhuseB
— Norman Spector (@nspector4) July 25, 2020