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CRA May ‘Take A Look’ At Auditing Trudeau Foundation, Says Commissioner

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) may “take a look” at auditing the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation after reports that it received a Beijing-connected $140,000 charitable donation, MPs on a House of Commons committee heard from the agency’s commissioner. As Commissioner Bob Hamilton appeared before the Commons Standing Committee on Public Accounts on May 12, MPs asked him if…


Trudeau Foundation Victim of ‘Unfair Attacks’ Over ‘Chinese-Canadian’ Donation, Says Chair

The man who is steering the Trudeau Foundation after most of its leadership resigned over the handling of a Chinese regime-linked donation says his organization is facing “unwarranted” criticism and that it wasn’t targeted by a foreign influence scheme. Chair of the Board Edward Johnson said that the controversy surrounding the “Chinese-Canadian” donation had put…


Alexandre Trudeau Says Chinese Donation Was Not Interference, Committee Is Wasting Time on Foundation

Alexandre Trudeau told MPs that everything about the donation to the Trudeau Foundation from two businessmen affiliated with the Chinese regime a few years ago was legitimate and didn’t constitute any attempt to influence his brother, who would later become prime minister. “Frankly, this is a waste of time because there is not a foreign…


Former Trudeau Foundation CEO Rosenberg Met with Chinese Officials

The former CEO of the Trudeau Foundation who accepted a donation linked to the Chinese regime told a committee he had not met with Chinese officials on the issue, but was presented with information that he did. Conservative MP Michael Barrett asked Morris Rosenberg if he had met with officials from the People’s Republic of…


Former Trudeau Foundation CEO Rosenberg Contradicted in Committee on Origin of Chinese Donation

The CEO of the Trudeau Foundation who was at the helm when it received a donation from businessmen tied to the Chinese regime told a House of Commons committee on May 2 that the donation was not foreign, but MPs questioned the assertion with receipts. Morris Rosenberg said in his opening statement that the donation…


Trudeau Foundation ‘Misled’ on Origin of Chinese Donation: Former CEO

The former Trudeau Foundation CEO who recently quit her post over the handling of a donation says her predecessor “misled” the public by claiming its origin was Canadian and not Chinese. Pascale Fournier, who left the foundation with other board members a few weeks ago during an internal crisis, was testifying before the House of…


Committee Votes to Hold Hearings on Trudeau Foundation, but PM and Family Members Will Not Be Testifying

MPs on a House of Commons committee have voted unanimously in favour of conducting hearings on the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation to examine recent reports of the organization accepting a Beijing-linked donation—although neither the prime minister nor his family members will not be testifying. Members from all parties on the House of Commons Standing Committee…


Poilievre Raises Questions on Trudeau Foundation Holding Meeting in PM’s Building

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre pressed the Liberal government on links between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation after it was reported the latter held a meeting in the building that houses the Prime Minister’s Office in 2016. “[Trudeau] expects us to believe that he has no direct or indirect involvement with…


Auditor General Says She Won’t Investigate Beijing-Linked Donation to Trudeau Foundation

The Office of the Auditor General (OAG) says it will not be investigating a donation made to the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation by donors linked to Beijing because the amount and private nature of the funds put them outside the office’s authority. “This decision is based on the scope of the Auditor General’s authority under…


Cabinet Ministers Met With Trudeau Foundation’s Chinese Donors on Several Occasions

The two businessmen linked to the Chinese regime who donated to the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation in 2016 met with federal ministers on several different occasions. Zhang Bin, president of the regime-backed China Cultural Industry Association (CCIA), and his colleague Niu Gensheng, an adviser to the CCIA, had reached a deal in 2014 to donate…