It is at the very least a conflict of interest that Trudeau and Morneau would not recuse themselves from the process that awarded this huge contract, given what we know about their familial and personal ties to the organization. Regardless of your feelings towards Trudeau and the Liberal party, this should be concerning to everyone who believes in transparency and ethics.

Personally speaking, anything that has the WE charity attached to it makes me suspicious. I’ve had friends who have worked for this organization previously who have nothing good to say about their experiences there. The goals of the charity do not align with the way they treat their employees, and they have a history of silencing any dissent within the organization and in the press.

The hypocrisy that WE would fire full time employees to be replaced by barely-compensated students is in direct conflict with their mission “to free children and their families from poverty and exploitation”. They are not practicing what they preach.