Trudeau apologizes for not recusing himself from WE Charity contract decision

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Charity with close ties to Trudeau family had been given oversight over $900-million program

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This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued a public apology Monday for not recusing himself from government discussions about awarding the management of a $900-million student volunteering program to a charity with which he and his family have close ties.

The Prime Minister’s comments are his first public statements since it was revealed last Thursday that members of his immediate family were paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for speeches at WE Charity events. Mr. Trudeau said he was aware that his mother and brother are professional public speakers and that they are involved with WE. He said he was not aware of the details of how much they had been paid by WE. He said he should have made himself aware of those details and that he “deeply” regrets the fact that his mother is involved in this issue due to his own mistake.

“… We respect the public concern that Margaret Trudeau and Alexandre Trudeau were paid past speaking honorariums,” they wrote. “The past two weeks have been extremely difficult. The charity’s integrity and purpose has been called into question. It has had direct impacts on our staff, supporters, and beneficiaries. We have made mistakes that we sincerely regret. It has led us to more closely examine our own internal structures, governance and organization.

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Hmmmmmm another apology. This seems to be the current prime minister's style. Get caught, apologize. Repeat.

Apology not accepted,its a crime,step down!

The problem, dirty slt, is not recusing.. WheresTheMoneyTrudeau

Trudeau lies.......not to be trusted in all matters.

Missing millions in infrastructure money, still no economic recovery plan, shut down parliament in the middle of a health/economic crisis this is beyond incompetence,next time I make a mistake on taxes I'll just apologize I'm sure I'll be forgiven with no penalty

Hes apologized countless times, 2 guilty findings in breaking the code of ethics, SNC, blackface,etc.. if I made this many mistakes at my job I'd have been fired by now, & my job isnt as important as PM of Canada, so embrassing that hes still in office, still 1/2

Don't care...moving on.

Of all the lame reasons to try and trip him, over a charity that encourages kids to volunteer. meanwhile you've got other people actually ripping off the country, actually doing graft almost openly, dodging blame and throwing insults back like grenades.

So Canadian that we have a PM who says “I’m sorry” so often!

Unfortunately how does a PM simply apologize ... this one is a little different than the other ethics violations... truly what message does it send to the kids that he was allegedly trying to help when you must break an ethics violation in order to do so ?

Should come out a book as how to apologize in different ways as a PM 😝

Sorry only way I’ll accept his apology is to get rid of that horrendous carbon tax! Pls Trudeau 🥺🙏🏻

So what I would like to know and pardon my ignorance... his Mother and Brother get paid to speak And so? Now the kids have to suffer? Because the PC Parties are not liking the increase in Liberal popularity?

So it's ok to be corrupt as long as you apologize? Good to know but doubt that's a defense under the criminal code.

JustinTrudeau is actually full of you know what! TrudeauworstPMever WEscandal

This apology thing that Trudeau seems to be reverting too every time he gets caught is becoming so 'complicity manipulating and predictable' 🇨🇦shame whiteprivilegefragility

He is only sorry he got caught. TrudeauMustGo TrudeauworstPMever TrudeauCrimeFamily TrudeauCorruption TrudeauResignNOW

And poof that makes it ok in ontario. He’s an idiot and so are the liberal_party voters if they think oh when he is caught he will apologize. That makes it ok? Wake the fuck up.

I'm gonna get my mom a Ferrari, my brother a Jeep. Oops sorry, I got caught!

Trudeau needs to RESIGN, he lies continuously and this shallow attempt of an apology is a slap In the face to every voter!

Empty words

Good, now get back to work....

We charity means Waste charity a place to recruit Liberals

Yes in hindsight he should have recused himself. I hardly think he thought that it would benefit his family -

Wow a lot of young free loadering Kool-aid drinks on here defending him . It’s your future he’s destroying not ours. Older people if smart saw this coming 5 yrs ago and prepared. You youngster with nothing !! Get use to it cause going to be hard to get anything now.

Margaret Trudeau received $250,000 in honoraria; Alexandre Trudeau was paid about $32,000 over a 4 year period. It is called public speaking. They are registered with the Speakers' Spotlight Bureau, which arranges appearances for clients in exchange for negotiated fees.

This is getting tiring

Apology not accepted, an honourable person would resign but you have none.

🤮

Not accepted! Criminal Investigation. NOW! JustinTrudeau

Here we go again...he apologizes so it’s all ok...just like blackface..just like SNC..when the heck are people going to WAkE UP!

Sorry again , should of, lesson learning, all been said too many times before . How many passes are you eastern cidiots going to give this sack of virtual bullshit

Decision reversed. Apology made. Time to move on. Even if WE won the contract to handle the aid package, it wouldn't be such a bad thing, but let the top charities get work with children bid for the contract.

You forgot the inverted commas..

Every critic has screwed students who need this money now.

But he tries to win back Canadians trust and forgiveness by remindingus that all these poor students will now have to wait longer to serve their country. My heart strings -- not impacted one iota. cdnpoli TrudeauCorruption LyingTrudeau TrudeauMustTestify

Did he cry?

Great job Conservatives and US owned media. You totally screwed over 35000 students who will have a hard time making ANY money this summer. Over a nothing burger.

In other words he learned nothing from all the other 'mistakes'.

Trudeau says NEVER KNEW his WIFE, MOTHER , and BROTHER received just under 300,000 from WE? He expects us to BELIEVE THAT And he won’t TESTIFY at the Committee Hearings?WE Day Kielburger admitted PMO called to say they got it then CHANGED their story...

Nice try at drawing the attention away from the real scandal. It's not about recusing, it's the bureaucratic process and the PM's decision to award a 1bn untendered contract to Liberal friends claiming they were the only one. Answer under oath to Parliament.

notorious_ROD Not enough I'm afraid.

Developed world problems... look south to see a real shit show. 😳

he is rude and liar, made Canada Bananas republic, THIS IS NOT A MISTAKE THIS IS CORRUPTION BUT CORRUPTED MEDIA FakeNewsMedia WILL GIVE PASS TO CORRUPTED PM

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