Lastpointe
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One of the oddest things in the time line laid out in the Globe is that WE was paid and working in the project long before it received cabinet approval. Oops!
WE. What in earth is going on?
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Lastpointe
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A good globe editorial about this. Explaining that whether we think this is a bogus charity or not, is not actually the point as far as the government is concerned
yes if they are tossing money to WE without due diligence it makes them lazy or perhaos gullible or careless with our money
but the issue is more is there a quid pro quo going on
interesting that they said yesterday that margaret, Sophie and Sacha Trudeau were being paid not for speeches but for extra events like cocktail parties. What?
and that margaret was not a paid speaker before son became PM. Oops. That is a bad look
they also stated that Morneau was gifted the trip he has subsequently paid for. Oops. Against the law for morneau
they lobby all the time for work but are not lobbyist. Oops
they weren’t going to be making any money off this grant. I find that unlikely, 45 million is a lot for staffing costs over three months. Those are some really well paid staff
started working on it before cabinet approved it. Oops
not their idea? Yet they were able to submit a plan the day it was announced
despite their email to staff , they in fact were not asked bythePMO to run the program or by the PMO to host a Canada day event. Well one of those statements is a lie Or did they just boast of close connections tothePMO to make themselves sound better?
the convoluted structure of this business mascarading as a charity is , well convoluted. The board had no access to financial info......
it’s a bad look for WE. It’s a bad look for the PM. Obviously we in ow both Trudeau and Morneau broke ethical rules. They have already admitted to it. So a nice slap on the wrist from the ethics commissioner is coming. but likely not more unless something else comes to light
i do think that COVID is hampering some of these meetings. a face to face meeting is better for everyone than zoom. Better to be able to defend yourself and better to be able to question. But we get what we get
WE is an odd organization. It’s relationship with politics and school boards is way too deep. IMO
yes if they are tossing money to WE without due diligence it makes them lazy or perhaos gullible or careless with our money
but the issue is more is there a quid pro quo going on
interesting that they said yesterday that margaret, Sophie and Sacha Trudeau were being paid not for speeches but for extra events like cocktail parties. What?
and that margaret was not a paid speaker before son became PM. Oops. That is a bad look
they also stated that Morneau was gifted the trip he has subsequently paid for. Oops. Against the law for morneau
they lobby all the time for work but are not lobbyist. Oops
they weren’t going to be making any money off this grant. I find that unlikely, 45 million is a lot for staffing costs over three months. Those are some really well paid staff
started working on it before cabinet approved it. Oops
not their idea? Yet they were able to submit a plan the day it was announced
despite their email to staff , they in fact were not asked bythePMO to run the program or by the PMO to host a Canada day event. Well one of those statements is a lie Or did they just boast of close connections tothePMO to make themselves sound better?
the convoluted structure of this business mascarading as a charity is , well convoluted. The board had no access to financial info......
it’s a bad look for WE. It’s a bad look for the PM. Obviously we in ow both Trudeau and Morneau broke ethical rules. They have already admitted to it. So a nice slap on the wrist from the ethics commissioner is coming. but likely not more unless something else comes to light
i do think that COVID is hampering some of these meetings. a face to face meeting is better for everyone than zoom. Better to be able to defend yourself and better to be able to question. But we get what we get
WE is an odd organization. It’s relationship with politics and school boards is way too deep. IMO
Lastpointe
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WE-sponsored travel for donors not the norm for other charities: experts
In the wake of revelations that Finance Minister Bill Morneau and his family had overseas trips sponsored by the WE organization, experts in the charitable sector say covering a donor's travel costs is an unusual practice.
WE-sponsored travel for donors not the norm for other charities: experts
once again other in the charity community questioning WE. It’s high end ME to WE accommodations and using donations to treat high end clients
In the wake of revelations that Finance Minister Bill Morneau and his family had overseas trips sponsored by the WE organization, experts in the charitable sector say covering a donor's travel costs is an unusual practice.
WE-sponsored travel for donors not the norm for other charities: experts
once again other in the charity community questioning WE. It’s high end ME to WE accommodations and using donations to treat high end clients
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this is the trip Morneau took to Ecuador
this business is far to involved with the government
and I am still trying to get my head around the idea that margaret Trudeau wasn’t paid to speak but was paid $300,000 to attend cocktail parties
Lastpointe
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Trudeau has a pretty clear choice today
he needs to be very upfront. He needs to open up all the communications related to alltheWE octopus dealings with the government
if he chooses his standard obfuscating this will bite him in the ass
the problem for Trudeau is that he never believes he is wrong. If he thinks it is a good idea then it is and how can people ossicle question his judgement. Which Trudeau will be see today
the one who thought his groping of a reporter was people experiencing things differently ( yes ask Weinstein about that idea)
or the one who sincerely regretted his black face
he needs to be very upfront. He needs to open up all the communications related to alltheWE octopus dealings with the government
if he chooses his standard obfuscating this will bite him in the ass
the problem for Trudeau is that he never believes he is wrong. If he thinks it is a good idea then it is and how can people ossicle question his judgement. Which Trudeau will be see today
the one who thought his groping of a reporter was people experiencing things differently ( yes ask Weinstein about that idea)
or the one who sincerely regretted his black face
Lastpointe
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the Time line we got from the minister in charge of this said that WE was circulating a proposal at the beginning on April. Then after a couple of conversations they revised their proposal and when it was announced on April 19 as a new government idea they resubmitted their proposal
yet in their testimony they said the government called them on April 19 and asked them to help
so which is it. Did they submit a proposal on April 19 or did the government call out of the blue and ask them to “help”
I really found Craig very condescending and evasive in answers
hard to believe this guy leads this octopus of an organization
yet in their testimony they said the government called them on April 19 and asked them to help
so which is it. Did they submit a proposal on April 19 or did the government call out of the blue and ask them to “help”
I really found Craig very condescending and evasive in answers
hard to believe this guy leads this octopus of an organization
Is clear speech or obfuscation more political? ... or will positive double talk overrun negative double talk as the humble truth is diminished in the demiurge to win ... success at all costs!
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this is the trip Morneau took to Ecuador
this business is far to involved with the government
and I am still trying to get my head around the idea that margaret Trudeau wasn’t paid to speak but was paid $300,000 to attend cocktail parties
$250,000 breaks down to approx. $10,000 per speaking engagement for 24 times. She has been speaking out for years on mental health and her own bipolar.....what does this have to do with Justin or WE lying about paying her?
Lastpointe
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Actually they said under testimony that they only started paying her in 2015 after Trudeau was PM
i don’t know if that means they didn’t hire her to speak until her son was PM or if they had hired her but only started paying her later on
and they now say that they didn’t pay her to speak but to attend cocktail parties. I think that is because other high profile people like Fleury alphabet said they did not get paid to speak
i don’t know if that means they didn’t hire her to speak until her son was PM or if they had hired her but only started paying her later on
and they now say that they didn’t pay her to speak but to attend cocktail parties. I think that is because other high profile people like Fleury alphabet said they did not get paid to speak
Should have said.....WE lying about NOT paying her.
Lastpointe
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I thoughtthe PM handles himself fairly well. There wasn’t his usual smugness and he more or less answered questions
he disputed the idea that WE got approval and was running the program before they got government approval. And that I guess is easy to check And it was all about being fast with the money
no real comment of what a stupid idea it was and I didn’t listen to it all but I didn’t hear him discuss how this convoluted paying for volunteerism came to be
but he was not completely evasive. Which is good for his brand
third investigation is not good for his brand but they knew that
he disputed the idea that WE got approval and was running the program before they got government approval. And that I guess is easy to check And it was all about being fast with the money
no real comment of what a stupid idea it was and I didn’t listen to it all but I didn’t hear him discuss how this convoluted paying for volunteerism came to be
but he was not completely evasive. Which is good for his brand
third investigation is not good for his brand but they knew that
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Lastpointe, would you agree that a good "counterpoint" to these kinds of problems (I've just posted a FB meme on my page that is a picture of Andrew Scheer in a photo op with the founders of WE), would be some sort of different, more representative' voting system than "first past the post"?
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This problem doesn’t scream that to me. i know that we consistently get a government with only about 35-37% of the vote. And it switches around. And occasionally we get a minority. What I do like about a minority is that the combined opposition has more power in these committees. I think that is good. It is less easy for any government to dodge issues
i still don’t think this has been answered as to what happened
according to the public service testimony, WE was circulating a proposal To ministers on April 8. How ministers can read something from someone not a lobbyist is a whole other question. Someone from the finance ministers office asked her to discuss with WE to make some changes to the proposal. Trudeau announced the grant idea and they got a new proposal from WE that day
how does that happen? Who suggested to WE that they should submit a new proposal that exactly offered What the PMO wanted to do. They didn’t guess
I think how WE knew what to propose is key
then, how does the PM and his chief of staff, understand that Sophie needed approval because of possible conflicts and yet, after they seemed to push back the decision for two weeks, they still figured it was ok for PM to discuss and vote
and of course the issue that WE was already working and had already been paid before cabinet approval. That implies that cabinet approval was just a rubber stamp If Trudeau, Morneau and Telford want something it gets approval
and the idea that the entire plan was stupid to begin with
trudeau said he didn’t know, from April when it was thought up and announced until May 8 that WE was going to run it. In their due diligence it never emerged that WE was undergoing huge issues. They didn’t know they paid money to a shell company.
and one really odd thing Trudeau said. He was asked how much WE reimbursed his wife. He didn’t know. And then he said WE would have made all the arrangements anyway. WE was buying flights and hotels for thePMs wife, a person protected by theRCMP ? With body guards I assume?
and a funny note. He said he didn’t know which London hotel she stayed at. Seriously? Did he just not want to say out loud she was staying at the Dorchester or something?
charity watch dog groups have already said that paying people to speak and paying expenses for people is not the way most charities function. I have certainly never been reimbursed for Anywork I have done for various charities
i still don’t think this has been answered as to what happened
according to the public service testimony, WE was circulating a proposal To ministers on April 8. How ministers can read something from someone not a lobbyist is a whole other question. Someone from the finance ministers office asked her to discuss with WE to make some changes to the proposal. Trudeau announced the grant idea and they got a new proposal from WE that day
how does that happen? Who suggested to WE that they should submit a new proposal that exactly offered What the PMO wanted to do. They didn’t guess
I think how WE knew what to propose is key
then, how does the PM and his chief of staff, understand that Sophie needed approval because of possible conflicts and yet, after they seemed to push back the decision for two weeks, they still figured it was ok for PM to discuss and vote
and of course the issue that WE was already working and had already been paid before cabinet approval. That implies that cabinet approval was just a rubber stamp If Trudeau, Morneau and Telford want something it gets approval
and the idea that the entire plan was stupid to begin with
trudeau said he didn’t know, from April when it was thought up and announced until May 8 that WE was going to run it. In their due diligence it never emerged that WE was undergoing huge issues. They didn’t know they paid money to a shell company.
and one really odd thing Trudeau said. He was asked how much WE reimbursed his wife. He didn’t know. And then he said WE would have made all the arrangements anyway. WE was buying flights and hotels for thePMs wife, a person protected by theRCMP ? With body guards I assume?
and a funny note. He said he didn’t know which London hotel she stayed at. Seriously? Did he just not want to say out loud she was staying at the Dorchester or something?
charity watch dog groups have already said that paying people to speak and paying expenses for people is not the way most charities function. I have certainly never been reimbursed for Anywork I have done for various charities
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That could be more of an indication about the state of their marriage
Lastpointe
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Interesting.
likely is more a situation of having other things on your mind. But when your spouse is traveling and you have young kids, wouldn’t you think you would call them to see how the day went?
and I think he needs to get a haircut. He was looking very scruffy. Between his scruffy hair, beard and eyebrows and his manner of wiggling so much in his chair he looked , odd He really bobs around in his chair. Nervous?
likely is more a situation of having other things on your mind. But when your spouse is traveling and you have young kids, wouldn’t you think you would call them to see how the day went?
and I think he needs to get a haircut. He was looking very scruffy. Between his scruffy hair, beard and eyebrows and his manner of wiggling so much in his chair he looked , odd He really bobs around in his chair. Nervous?