Article contentOTTAWA – The Trudeau government is paying up to $84 million to a company that employs Chief of Staff Katie Telford’s husband as a senior executive to administer its COVID-19 emergency commercial rent assistance program for small businesses. Due to the ties between Telford and her husband, Robert Silver, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) assures that their chief of staff has recused herself from any decisions that may involve MCAP, Silver’s employer. Try refreshing your browser, or Trudeau government paying $84M to firm employing Katie Telford's husband to manage rent assistance aid program Back to videoAccording to his LinkedIn profile, Silver became Senior Vice-President, Strategy, Policy, Risk at MCAP in January 2020. MCAP bills itself as one of Canada’s largest private mortgage companies, with over 300,000 customers and $105 billion in assets under management. At the time, he cited his wife’s job as new chief of staff to the prime minister as the reason for his departure.

Source: National Post August 07, 2020 23:57 UTC