Alexandre Trudeau Says Chinese Donation Was Not Interference, Committee Is Wasting Time on Foundation

Alexandre Trudeau, brother of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and member of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, prepares to appear before the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, studying foreign interference, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on May 3, 2023. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press

Alexandre Trudeau told MPs that everything about the donation to the Trudeau Foundation from two businessmen affiliated with the Chinese regime a few years ago was legitimate and didn’t constitute any attempt to influence his brother, who would later become prime minister.

“Frankly, this is a waste of time because there is not a foreign interference issue here at the foundation and I know the documentary record will make that clear as it’s disseminated,” Trudeau said as he testified before the House of Commons ethics committee on May 3.