In playing the political blame game, WE founders won’t find many on their team

To argue politics alone tore down the WE Charity seems too convenient a narrative. But it is the one the Kielburgers want to run with.

Since last April, WE and its leaders Craig and Marc Kielburger have been embroiled in a national mess and the thrust of their pushback during a virtual committee appearance, along with legal counsel William McDowell, left, on March 15 was it was the dastardly politicians who undid WE, not any action of the self-righteous and always-certain-of-their-choices brothers, writes Tim Powers.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

March 17, 2021

OTTAWA—Charities are vital to Canadian society. Across many spheres, they create opportunity, address community needs, perform services others cannot, and, among other things, help build the fabric of our nation. No doubt that at different times across broad swathes of Canadian life, WE Charity di...

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