‘No preferential treatment’: Trudeau says government did its ‘due diligence’ in assessing WE

'My primary concern was to make sure that the public service could fully support its recommendation, that without a doubt, WE Charity was the right, and indeed, the only partner to deliver the program,' says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he 'pushed back' against the recommendation to have WE deliver the program, asking the public service to consider other options. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

July 30, 2020

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there was a delay in rolling out the student-grant program over his concerns that “due diligence” was necessary before proceeding with WE Charity as its partner. In a rare appearance before...

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