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Sanjay Jeram and Stewart Prest speak to the media about the prime minister’s WE Charity scandal

August 19, 2020
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing a conflict of interest investigation. He made WE Charity Canada the administrator of a more than $900-million student grant program. Yet, his mother, Margaret Trudeau, and his brother, Alexandre Trudeau, have been paid substantial sums of money for speaking at WE events.

On July 16th, 2020, Sanjay Jeram spoke to CBC Radio One about this controversy. Listen to part one and part two of the interview.

CTV News Channel interviewed Stewart Prest the following day in, “Fiery start to ethics committee’s ‘WE’ discussion”.

The story continued to develop. Finance Minister Bill Morneau revealed that he and his family had received trips from WE Charity in 2017. As a result, opposition members called for his resignation.

Sanjay Jeram spoke to CTV News Channel on July 23rd, 2020 about this developing story. Watch here.

He was then interviewed by CBC News the Early Edition on July 30th, 2020 about Justin Trudeau's upcoming testimony about the controversy. Listen here.

Stewart Prest spoke to Global Okanagan (CHBC) about the prime minister's testimony on July 31st, 2020. Watch here.

On August 17th, 2020, Stewart Prest spoke to CBC Radio One about Minister of Finance Bill Morneau's resignation. Listen to part one here and part two here.

Sanjay Jeram was also interviewed about the finance minister's resignation. CBC's The Early Edition spoke with him on August 18th, 2020. Listen here. The interview begins at the 13:35-minute mark.

On August 19th, 2020, CTV News Channel interviewed Stewart Prest about the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's release of "We" documents once Parliament is prorogued. Listen here

That same day, Stewart Prest also spoke to CFAX 1070 about the finance minister's resignation. Listen here.

Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these media interviews belong solely to the interviewees, and not necessarily to Simon Fraser University's Department of Political Science.