Conservative Party wants police to investigate the Liberal government’s decision to award a $900-million contract to WE Charity for a federal student grant program following news that members of the prime minister’s immediate family were paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in speaking fees by the WE organization in recent years.
Tories call for answers on WE contract after reports Trudeau’s family was paid speaking fees During a news conference on Friday, Conservative MPs Pierre Poilievre and Michael Barrett — the party’s finance and ethics critics — said they believe the payment of those fees raises the issue to a potentially criminal level and represents “sufficient grounds to be investigated by police.”They said haven’t written to.