Article contentOTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau admits that he did not recuse himself from the federal cabinet vote to outsource a $900-million student volunteer program to WE Charity, which has close ties to him and his family. “The recommendation to use WE to get opportunities out for young people was made by the public service. But as a cabinet, we ratify those decisions,” Trudeau acknowledged for the first time at a news conference on Wednesday. Instead, he’s repeatedly said that civil servants made the decision to hire the Toronto-based organization to administer the Canada Student Service Grant (CSSG). WE Charity was to be paid at least $19 million.

Source: National Post July 08, 2020 16:10 UTC