Article contentOTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked WE Charity to host a 2017 Canada Day event on Parliament Hill, the organization’s co-founder said, for which the government paid $1.18 million. And Trudeau’s mother, who had been receiving fees for making public appearances at WE events at the time, was a speaker at the event. Try refreshing your browser, or Trudeau government contributed $1.18 million to WE Day event in 2017 during which PM's mother was likely paid to speak Back to video“I’m thrilled to share that we have been invited by the Prime Minister and Canadian Heritage to host a unique WE Day event in Ottawa on Canada Day Weekend 2017,” Kielburger wrote in the memo to staff. Mental health was also the topic she spoke about at the 2017 Canada Day event. The prime minister also spoke at the event.

Source: National Post July 15, 2020 09:56 UTC