Justin Trudeau admitted on Monday that he “made a mistake” in not recusing himself “immediately” from discussions about whether WE Charity should administer a federal student volunteer grant program.Trudeau said he should have done so given his immediate family’s relationship and financial ties to the WE organization.
WE Charity tries to ‘set record straight’ over contract in full-page newspaper ads During a scheduled news conference in Ottawa, the prime minister apologized for not having stepped away from the decision to award the now-cancelled contract to WE Charity to manage the $900-million Canada Student Service Grant.“I’m sincerely sorry (for) not having done that,” Trudeau said.“I’m sorry that I didn’t — particularly sorry, because.