The chair of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation’s board says the organization has returned a $140,000 donation to Millennium Golden Eagle International. Edward Johnson was speaking to a House committee that’s investigating allegations that Beijing orchestrated donations to the charity in an attempt to influence the prime minister. Those allegations came from a report in…
Trudeau Foundation Board Chair Says Donation From Chinese Company Has Been Returned
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 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…
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…
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…
ANALYSIS: The Missing Pieces in Trudeau Foundation’s Chinese Donation Puzzle
News Analysis New information is surfacing on the Chinese donation that took down the leadership of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, but how accurate is it and how does it tie into the larger picture? It’s clear that the donors were affiliated with the Chinese regime, and reportedly the money was meant to serve a…
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