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Marc Kielburger - Craig Kielburger - WE Charity closing operations in Canada, Kielburger brothers to step down - globalnews.ca - Canada

10.09.2020 / 01:41

WE Charity closing operations in Canada, Kielburger brothers to step down

WE Charity says it is closing its Canadian operations, blaming COVID-19 and the political fallout from the Liberal government’s plan to have it run a multimillion-dollar student-volunteer program for leaving it in financial ruin.Craig and Marc Kielburger, who are also planning to step down from the organization they co-founded, were set to release an open letter explaining the move.“COVID-19 disrupted every aspect of our work,” the brothers wrote in the letter Wednesday. “The fallout from the Canada Student Service Grant has placed us as a charity in the middle of political battles and misinformation that we are ill-equipped to fight.

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Abigail Bimman - Marc Kielburger - Craig Kielburger - WE Charity suspends all Canadian operations - globalnews.ca - Canada

10.09.2020 / 04:00

WE Charity suspends all Canadian operations

WE Charity, the organization embroiled in the Liberal government’s student grant controversy, is suspending all operations in Canada. Abigail Bimman explains the decision, what happens to co-founders Marc and Craig Kielburger now, and what it means for the charity’s international projects.

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Justin Trudeau - Bill Morneau - Marc Kielburger - Craig Kielburger - What is the WE Charity scandal and who are the Kielburger brothers? - globalnews.ca - Canada

29.07.2020 / 08:03

What is the WE Charity scandal and who are the Kielburger brothers?

WE Charity agreed to run student grant program as ‘favour’ to Canada: Kielburgers According to a biography posted on the WE Charity website, Craig Kielburger is a “social entrepreneur” and a co-founder of WE Charity.He was born and raised in Thornhill, Ont.Craig, alongside his brother Marc, founded WE Charity — formerly known as Free the Children — when they were teenagers, in 1995.The younger of the Kielburger brothers was inspired to advocate on behalf of child labourers after reading a headline in the Toronto Star: “Battled child labour, boy, 12, murdered.”The brothers’ initial Free the Children charity fundraised for a number of organizations which worked to help free children from situations of forced labour.The teens gained

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Marc Kielburger - Craig Kielburger - WE scandal: Co-founders Craig, Marc Kielburger defend taking on student grant program - globalnews.ca

29.07.2020 / 08:03

WE scandal: Co-founders Craig, Marc Kielburger defend taking on student grant program

During their opening statement as part of a House of Commons finance committee hearing on Tuesday, WE Charity’s co-founders, Craig and Marc Kielburger, defended what they billed as the good intentions behind a sole-sourced contract for their group to administer a federal student service grant program worth nearly a billion dollars, saying although “some have suggested that WE Charity was in dire financial straits” prior to the grant, “it simply isn’t true.”

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Marc Kielburger - Craig Kielburger - WE Charity founders say group ‘far from perfect,’ defend program launched while ‘scrambling’ - globalnews.ca - Canada

28.07.2020 / 20:55

WE Charity founders say group ‘far from perfect,’ defend program launched while ‘scrambling’

WE Charity, Craig and Marc Kielburger, defended what they billed as the good intentions behind a sole-sourced contract for their group to administer a federal student service grant program worth nearly a billion dollars.The two spoke Tuesday as part of House of Commons finance committee hearings into the WE Charity scandal, which is working to determine how an organization with close financial ties to prominent members of the government received a sole-sourced contract to run the Canada Student Service Grant.WE Charity grant agreement planned to spend roughly half of promised amount, documents showAdministering that program would have seen the organization receive some $43 million.It has already received roughly $30 million of that but says

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Justin Trudeau - Marc Kielburger - Craig Kielburger - Trudeau - WE Charity tries to ‘set record straight’ over contract in full-page newspaper ads - globalnews.ca - Canada

13.07.2020 / 16:37

WE Charity tries to ‘set record straight’ over contract in full-page newspaper ads

WE Charity is appealing to Canadians, wanting to “set the record straight” as it continues to be embroiled in controversy over a contract awarded by the Liberal government.In full-page ads in the Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star on Monday, the organization’s co-founders told readers they agreed to take on the $900-million student volunteer program “because we have 25 years of experience building youth service programs that are in 7,000 Canadian schools engaging students to support 3,000+ charities and causes.”Craig and Marc Kielburger laid out four “answers” to “valid questions” they say have persisted since the contract for the Canada Student Service Grant program was first announced in June.

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Justin Trudeau - Marc Kielburger - Craig Kielburger - WE charity to stop handling coronavirus student volunteer program after backlash - globalnews.ca

03.07.2020 / 17:29

WE charity to stop handling coronavirus student volunteer program after backlash

WE organization won’t manage the federal government’s $900-million program to pay students and fresh graduates for volunteer work this summer.In a statement this morning, Chagger says it’s a “mutually agreed upon decision.” Trudeau doubles down on defence of WE Charity handling volunteering program Since the charity founded by brothers Craig and Marc Kielburger was announced as the manager of the program last week, the sole-sourced deal has been criticized because of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s close relationship with the group.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]This is a breaking news story and will be updated.

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