Rhéal Fortin at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On August 11th, 2020. See this statement in context.

August 11th, 2020 / 1:10 p.m.

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Rhéal Fortin Bloc Rivière-du-Nord, QC

I have one last question for you, Mr. Shugart. My colleague asked you about this earlier.

On May 8, the Prime Minister backed down because he felt he might be in a conflict of interest in this matter. The decision to award the contract to WE Charity was postponed for two weeks. That is part of the story, and we now know that two weeks later, Mr. Trudeau and Mr. Morneau voted in favour of the decision.

Between May 8 and May 22, were you consulted on whether or not a conflict of interest prevented the Prime Minister from making a decision?

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