That prompted an accusation from Unifor that Scheer was engaged in a “Trump-style attack” on the media. Doubtless we will continue to bask in the high level of public trust we currently enjoy. If there were ever the slightest chance the process would not be politicized, that has already vanished. No, the panel will not be directly choosing which organizations to fund — that’s left to a later panel. Until now the understanding had been that this would be assigned to a panel of independent experts of unimpeachable reputation.

Source: National Post May 28, 2019 01:07 UTC