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The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation is returning a substantial donation it received seven years ago from a Chinese billionaire following a media report alleging Beijing attempted to curry favour with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation returns $140,000 donation from Chinese billionaire with ties to Beijing
According to a national security source, a Chinese diplomat and billionaire Bin Zhang discussed the possibility of the Liberals forming the government in 2015. The source says the diplomat instructed Zhang to donate $1 million to the Trudeau Foundation.
By Alex Dhaliwal | March 02, 2023
The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation is returning a substantial donation it received seven years ago from a Chinese billionaire following a media report alleging Beijing attempted to curry favour with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
"The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation has learned in recent days through the media that there was a potential connection between the Chinese government and a 2016 pledge of $200,000 to be received by the Foundation," said President and CEO Pascale Fournier in a written statement.
Fournier said the foundation is returning $140,000 of a $200,000 pledge. She said the foundation received two payments of $70,000 each but has yet to receive the rest. ...
According to The Globe and Mail, an unnamed national security source informed the publication of an alleged plot by the Chinese government to influence Trudeau after he became prime minister.
The Globe is not identifying the source who risks prosecution under the Security of Information Act. ...
Though Thomas did not divulge specifics of Chinese interference in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections — owing to the Security of Information Act — she did express concerns that whistleblowers leaked highly classified CSIS documents about Chinese election interference tactics.
Trudeau said he wants CSIS to find the leakers who risk prosecution under the same Act. ...
Sure, JT, the whistleblowers are the problem, not your tidy relationship with China.