Amazing Sources

This project is an aggregation of reports about the week’s biggest news story, and so it couldn’t exist without the amazing work of some incredible journalists! Here are some of the articles I depended on this week:

• Ling, Justin (22 July, 2020). “Justin Trudeau’s Billion-Dollar Scandal Is a Story of Power, Branding, and Charity”. VICE World News. https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/pkyqwb/justin-trudeau-billion-dollar-we-charity-scandal-is-a-story-of-power-branding-and-kielburger-charity
• Walsh, Marieke and Curry, Bill (27 July, 2020). “How WE got here: A timeline of the charity, the contract and the controversy”. The Globe and Mail. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-how-we-got-here-a-timeline-of-the-controversy/
• Atkinson, Alison (30 October, 2013). “A Teacher’s Critique of ‘WE Day'”. The Tyee. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2013/10/30/A-Teachers-Critique-of-We-Day/
• Baker, Scott (4 November, 2013). “Statement by Free the Children”. The Tyee. https://thetyee.ca/Documents/2013/11/04/Statement-Free-the-Children2.pdf?fullsite
• Cullen, Catherine (2 July, 2020). “WE Charity saw resignations, departures from senior ranks before landing government contract”. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/we-charity-pandemic-covid-coronavirus-trudeau-1.5635379
• Berthiaume, Lee (30 June, 2020). “Kielburger backtracks after saying PM’s office contacted WE about $900M program”. The Canadian Press (retrieved from CBC News). https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/we-charity-founder-walks-back-comments-1.5633733
• Tasker, John Paul (29 June, 2020). “Trudeau says only WE Charity can administer $900 million student grant program”. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-we-charity-1.5631278
• Dangerfield, Katie (17 July, 2020). “A timeline of key events in the WE Charity, Trudeau controversy”. Global News. https://globalnews.ca/news/7188085/we-charity-controversy-justin-trudeau/
• “Students Launch Petition Asking for Canada Student Service Grant funds to be Reallocated to CESB” (21 July, 2020). Canadian Federation of Students (retrieved from newswire.ca). https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/students-launch-petition-asking-for-canada-student-service-grant-funds-to-be-reallocated-to-cesb-855720557.html
• Wright, Teresa (24 July, 2020). “Scheer, Blanchet call on Trudeau to resign over handling of WE Charity deal”. The Canadian Press (retrieved from The Globe and Mail). https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-scheer-blanchet-call-on-trudeau-to-resign-over-handling-of-we-charity/
• “Justin Trudeau, WE Charity and a third ethics investigation” (6 July, 2020). Front Burner, CBC. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/justin-trudeau-we-charity-and-a-third-ethics-investigation-1.5639888
• “Trudeau’s WE Charity controversy deepens, and deficit 101” (12 July, 2020). Front Burner, CBC. https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1763157059632
• “Trudeau, Kielburgers grilled in hearings on WE controversy” (30 July, 2020). Front Burner, CBC. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/trudeau-kielburgers-grilled-in-hearings-on-we-controversy-1.566988
• “Documents reveal new details of the WE Charity agreement” (26 July, 2020). Power and Politics, CBC. https://gem.cbc.ca/media/power-politics/july-27-documents-reveal-new-details-of-the-we-charity-agreement/44b8224-012f82b30c0
• “Kielburgers say WE Charity took on student grant program to help, not to make money” (27 July, 2020). Power and Politics, CBC. https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/123-power-and-politics/episode/15789448-kielburgers-say-we-charity-took-on-student-grant-program-to-help-not-to-make-money
• “PM Trudeau and his chief of staff set to testify Thursday” (28 July, 2020). Power and Politics, CBC. https://gem.cbc.ca/media/power-politics/july-29-pm-trudeau-and-his-chief-of-staff-set-to-testify-thursday/44b8224-012facafd72
• “Trudeau says he ‘pushed back’ on WE contract due to family ties – but didn’t recuse himself” (29 July, 2020). Power and Politics, CBC. https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1770479683835
• Press, Jordan (31 July, 2020). “Trudeau says feds will create EI-like benefit for gig, contract workers”. The Canadian Press (retrieved from The Star). https://www.thestar.com/business/2020/07/31/statistics-canada-set-to-release-may-gdp-reading.html
• Lim, Jolson (27 July, 2020). “At least 20 organizations considered to deliver student grant before WE was chosen”. iPolitics. https://ipolitics.ca/2020/07/27/at-least-20-organizations-considered-to-deliver-student-grant-before-we-was-chosen/
• Cullen, Catherine (9 July, 2020). “Volunteer placements on pause as Liberals try to restart troubled student grant program”. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/we-charity-student-volunteer-program-1.5642642
• Treen, Susan (29 July, 2020). “WE employees say they were told to attend 2018 holiday party in Bill Morneau’s riding”. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/we-charity-student-volunteer-program-1.5642642
• Nardi, Christopher (10 July, 2020). “WE organization paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in speaking fees to Trudeau’s wife, mother and brother”. National Post. https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/we-organization-paid-hundreds-of-thousands-of-dollars-in-speaking-fees-to-trudeaus-mother-and-brother-report
• McGregor, Janyce (9 July, 2020). “PM’s mother Margaret and brother Alexandre were both paid to speak at WE Charity events”. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/margaret-justin-trudeau-we-charity-1.5643586