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Sports and concert tickets meant for low-income kids used instead by Rosedale couple, staff at their government-funded non-profit
In promotional material, the agency says it specializes “in building bridges between forward thinking companies and talented Francophone newcomers.” ( La Passerelle I.D.E. ) The charity that donated the tickets, Kids Up Front, is investigating and said no tickets have gone to La Passerelle since the Star began making inquiries in February. Tchatat, who founded La Passerelle 20 years ago, is the executive director. According to Kids Up Front, La Passerelle has asked for and received 782 tickets in the past two years. Downard stressed in his emails to the Star that his clients and their staff only used tickets if nobody else wanted them.
Source: thestar April 01, 2019 09:00 UTC
