Liberals still struggling to outrun WE blame game

Since the Kielburgers announced their decision to shutter WE Charity's Canadian operations, a game of blame and brand protection has broken out.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to reporters in the West Block on Aug. 18. The prorogation of Parliament was an effort to bury the WE Charity story, but the Liberals still are having trouble out running the blame, writes Tim Powers.The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

September 16, 2020

OTTAWA—It has been a week since the WE Charity announced it was going to close its Canadian operations and lay off more than 100 employees. Proclaiming that they were naive and misunderstood the vicious nature of Canadian politics, Mark and Craig Kielburger called time on WE. While I don’t thin...

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