Katie Telford

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he knew there would be problems with perception over having WE Charity run a $900-million student-volunteer program, but he believed there was no conflict of interest because his family would not benefit.

The WE controversy that has been dogging the Liberals is expected to continue to follow Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government after Trudeau's appearance before a House of Commons committee on Thursday, July 30, 2020.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he initially pushed back when he learned the public service had chosen WE Charity to run the Canada Student Service Grant, knowing his family's connections with the organization would lead to significant scrutiny.

Justin Trudeau will be in the hot seat today, July 30, 2020, for a rare prime ministerial appearance at a House of Commons committee, facing questions about his role in the simmering controversy involving the WE organization.

The co-founders of WE Charity argued on Tuesday, July 29, 2020, the organization wasn't plucked to run a student-volunteer program because of any close ties to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, laying out details about how much the endeavour would likely cost and why the charity used a seemingly complicated structure to manage it all.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau faced calls for his resignation on Wednesday, July 22, 2020, after revealing he had just repaid over $41,000 in travel charges to WE Charity — an organization MPs heard had multiple contacts with his office while the government planned its $900-million student-volunteer program.

Liberals faced accusations of a coverup on Wednesday, February 13, 2019, after they agreed to hold limited committee hearings into an allegation that former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould was improperly pressured to help SNC-Lavalin avoid criminal prosecution.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says $2.2 million will be spent over five years to help people at a northern Saskatchewan school recover from a deadly shooting.

A unit within the office of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been assigned to disarm any NAFTA bombs deployed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

The government's choice for official languages commissioner never spoke about the post with two of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's closest advisers, says Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly.

Two of the executives who recently were reimbursed for tens of thousands of dollars in moving expenses were appointed by former prime minister Stephen Harper's government.

Chiefs of staff for two Liberal ministers are paying back almost $55,000 of the generous expenses they claimed for relocating to Ottawa, following the lead of Prime Minister Trudeau's top two aides.

The prime minister’s chief of staff Katie Telford and principal secretary Gerald Butts posted a joint statement on their Facebook pages Thursday, taking full responsibility for the expenses.

Two of the Prime Minister's top aides billed taxpayers over $200,000 when they moved from Toronto to Ottawa following the Liberals' election victory last year, according to the Globe and Mail.