WE Charity Won’t Manage Feds’ Students and Graduates Volunteer Summer Program

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire wait for the arrival of Governor General Julie Payette before the Throne Speech at the Senate in Ottawa, on Dec. 5, 2019. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang

OTTAWA—Youth Minister Bardish Chagger says the WE organization won’t manage the federal government’s $900-million program to pay students and fresh graduates for volunteer work this summer.

In a statement this morning, Chagger says it’s a “mutually agreed upon decision.”