WE Charity Program Could Have Undermined Volunteerism, Groups Warned

WE Charity Program Could Have Undermined Volunteerism, Groups Warned
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is viewed on a mobile phone as he appears as a witness via videoconference during a House of Commons finance committee in the Wellington Building on Thursday, July 30, 2020. The committee is looking into Government Spending, WE Charity and the Canada Student Service Grant. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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The student grant program at the center of an ongoing ethics investigation involving We Charity would have undermined the very nature of volunteering, warned two groups in documents obtained by a reporter-owned news outfit in Ottawa.

“This is a misinformed attempt at encouraging volunteerism in Canada,” wrote unidentified executives with Volunteer Alberta and the Alberta Non-Profit Network, in an internal Department of Employment document obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter.