Trudeau Foundation Returns $200,000 Donation From Chinese Billionaire 7 Years Later

'We cannot keep any donation that may have been sponsored by a foreign government,' charity president says

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rises during Question Period in Ottawa on Nov. 24, 2022. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press

The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation is returning a controversial $200,000 donation it received seven years ago from a Chinese billionaire with ties to China’s communist regime.

Trudeau Foundation President Pascale Fournier announced in a statement on March 1 that the organization “learned in recent days through the media that there was a potential connection between the Chinese government and a 2016 pledge of $200,000 to be received by the Foundation.”