WE Charity did well by the Department of Foreign Affairs, and other federal departments, according to newly-released briefing notes, reported Blacklock’s Reporter.
Charity organizers, based in places ranging from Nairobi to Los Angeles, received Foreign Affairs contracts and grants during 18 years that totalled $1.4 million.
“The Department of Foreign Affairs has funded We Charity for a total of approximately $1.4 million between 2002 and 2020,” wrote staff.
The charity was last paid in February 2020, a mere five months before its relationship with Ottawa ended due to conflict of interest revelations amongst cabinet.
“Nine small initiatives, totalling $1.3 million were between 2002 and 2008,” said the briefing note.
“These included activities in Kenya, India, Sri Lanka and Canada.”
Records show We Charity, and its predecessor Free The Children, also received millions more from other federal departments, including $2.3 million from the Department of Canadian Heritage, between 2012-2019.
Grants and contracts totalling $3.9 million from the Department of Employment were also received between 2018-2019.
On May 22, 2020, the largest contract yet, a $43.5 million grant, was approved by cabinet, but funding was suspended on July 3 after conflicts of interests were revealed.
The charity awarded the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s family $481,751 in appearance fees, gifts and trips to London and New York, hired then-Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s daughter and hosted Morneau’s family on $41,366 trips to Kenya and Ecuador.
Morneau, who resigned on Aug. 17, 2020, was censured by the Ethics Commissioner for a breach of the Conflict Of Interest Act.
However, Trudeau emerged without any censure despite “a strong appearance of conflict,” according to the Commissioner’s May 13, 2021 report.
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