Trudeau Foundation Didn’t Return Chinese Donation as Previously Claimed: Report

Canadian and Chinese flags are seen prior to the meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Dec. 5, 2017. Fred Dufour/Pool via Reuters

A day after the leadership of the Trudeau Foundation resigned citing the “political climate” surrounding a donation received from a Chinese regime insider, the news outlet La Presse reported that the money hadn’t been returned as previously claimed.

This caused an internal crisis among the foundation directors and is what led to their resignation, not the political climate, the French-language report said.