Tories Say They Want Full Truth of WE Charity Scandal out Before Next Election

Tories Say They Want Full Truth of WE Charity Scandal out Before Next Election
Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre throws a redacted document tabled at the House of Commons Finance Committee provided by the Government during a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Aug. 19, 2020. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA—Conservative MPs say they want all the facts to come out about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s handling of the WE Charity student grant contract before making a decision about when to trigger a federal election.

Michael Barrett, the Conservative ethics critic, accused Trudeau of proroguing Parliament this week to hide his involvement in the decision to award a multi-million dollar contract to WE, an organization with which he has close family ties.