As we needed yet another side note in this charade, Pierre Elliott Trudeau foundation decides to pull a Morneau
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/cana...tion-to-china/
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“The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation has learned in recent days through the media that there was a potential connection between the Chinese government and a 2016 pledge of $200,000 to be received by the Foundation,” President and CEO Pascale Fournier said in a statement on its website.
“We cannot keep any donation that may have been sponsored by a foreign government and would not knowingly do so,” Ms. Fournier said. “In light of these recent allegations, the foundation has refunded to the donor all amounts received with respect to the donation pledge.”
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The thing is...as a charity, they don't need to to this? And there's nothing inherently wrong with the foundation taking foreign donations considering it is a non-political entity. So why the heck are they do it? And they claim to have found out through the media in recent days who gave them donations?
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Trudeau’s Liberals swept to power in October, 2015 with a majority government. Seven months later, Mr. Zhang attended a Liberal Party fundraiser at the Toronto home of Chinese Business Chamber of Canada chair Benson Wong, where Mr. Trudeau was the guest of honour.
Just weeks after the May fundraiser, the Trudeau Foundation and the University of Montreal announced that Mr. Zhang and another wealthy Chinese businessman, Niu Gensheng, would donate $1-million “to honour the memory and leadership” of Pierre Trudeau, who as prime minister opened diplomatic relations with China in 1970.
Of the $1-million, $200,000 was pledged to the Trudeau Foundation, which provides scholarships, academic fellowships and leadership programs. The two men pledged $750,000 to the University of Montreal’s faculty of law, to fund scholarships, which include grants that help Quebec students visit China. Another $50,000 was supposed to go for a statue of the elder Mr. Trudeau that was never built.
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Trudeau being Trudeau, Liberals are more concerned with the whistleblowing actually happening, versus why the whistleblowing happened.
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Ms. Thomas, however, expressed concerns that whistleblowers leaked highly classified CSIS documents, viewed by The Globe, about Chinese election-interference tactics. Mr. Trudeau has said that he wants CSIS to find the leakers, who risk prosecution under the Security of Information Act.
“I am not going to comment on information that was inappropriately obtained,” Ms. Thomas said. “The unlawful sharing of information and inappropriate sharing of information, I believe jeopardizes national security.”
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Oh look what I found myself while searching! From 2016
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...ticle32971362/
And there were many articles around that time on dubious donations coming from China at party fundraisers.
https://nationalpost.com/news/politi...analysis-shows
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...ticle32996950/
Did Trudeau and the leadership at the foundation all simultaneously fall on their heads and had amnesia?