Article contentOTTAWA — WE Charity says it is closing its Canadian operations, blaming COVID-19 and the political fallout from the Liberal government’s plan to have it run a multimillion-dollar student-volunteer program for leaving it in financial ruin. Craig and Marc Kielburger, who are also planning to step down from the organization they co-founded, released an open letter Wednesday explaining the move. Try refreshing your browser, or WE Charity blames political scandal, COVID as it leaves Canada and Kielburger brothers plan to step down Back to video“COVID-19 disrupted every aspect of our work,” the brothers wrote in the letter. “The fallout from the Canada Student Service Grant has placed us as a charity in the middle of political battles and misinformation that we are ill-equipped to fight. “The financial math for the charity’s future is clear.”The financial math for the charity’s future is clearThe Toronto-based youth organization shared the news with its Canadian-based staff on Wednesday.

Source: National Post September 09, 2020 20:57 UTC