Article contentOTTAWA – Justin Trudeau’s wife, mother and brother have received hundreds of thousands of dollars in total speaking fees from the WE organization, contradicting an earlier claim by the group that no member of the Trudeau family had been paid for their work. The WE organization confirmed it had paid $312,000 to Margaret Trudeau, the prime minister’s mother, for 28 speaking engagements since 2016, according to information first revealed by the news site CANADALAND. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or WE organization paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in speaking fees to Trudeau's wife, mother and brother Back to videoWE also says it paid $40,000 for eight appearances in 2017-2018 to Trudeau’s brother, Alexandre “Sacha” Trudeau, and $1,400 for a single appearance to Trudeau’s wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, back in 2012 (while her husband was an MP, but not yet leader of the Liberal party). All these amounts include a 20 per cent commission to their speaking agency.

Source: National Post July 09, 2020 20:10 UTC