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Canada's Trudeau to make rare testimony to parliamentary committee amid ethics probe

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14:1230/07/2020, Thursday
U: 30/07/2020, Thursday
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Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau


Trudeau's testimony, under oath, comes after he was put under investigation for possible conflict-of-interest violations. It is the third ethics probe he has faced in three years.

The prime minister has already apologized publicly for participating in the Cabinet decision to pick WE Charity Canada to manage the C$900 million ($671 million) grant program. The charity backed out shortly after the program was announced.

Canada's ethics commissioner launched the investigation after WE Charity disclosed that it had paid Trudeau's mother and brother for speaking appearances.

Both the prime minister and his wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, have regularly participated in WE Charity events. ($1 = 1.3409 Canadian dollars)

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