The death of WE in Canada is shameful

The death of WE in Canada will kill any momentum that the opposition parties are seeking to pump up. But don’t expect them to stop trying. The program was killed, the finance minister is gone, and so is WE.

WE Charity co-founders Marc and Craig Kielburger, pictured July 28, 2020, speaking remotely to members of the House Finance Committee. Photograph courtesy House of Commons

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

September 14, 2020

OTTAWA—The death of WE in Canada is shameful. The ruthless destruction of a charity for political purposes accomplishes nothing. The critics of WE puffed themselves up after Craig and Marc Kielburger announced the shuttering of their Canadian operations. “Well, at least we have cut off a huge...

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