WE Charity: Trudeau cleared of ethics wrongdoing in political scandal

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Canada's ethics watchdog has cleared Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of wrongdoing in the WE Charity scandal.

The charity เกมยิงปลาออนไลน์ had been tapped by his government last year to oversee a volunteer program for students during the pandemic.

Mr Trudeau later faced scrutiny when it was revealed he had personal ties to the organization.

But the report found former finance minister Bill Morneau had breached federal ethics rules in the scandal.

Mr Morneau resigned in August, although he denied it was because of this case.

Mr Morneau faced pressure to step down last summer after it was revealed WE had covered some of his expenses while he was on two trips with his family to see some of the charity's work in Kenya and Ecuador.

He said it was an oversight and repaid C $ 41,000 ($ 33,000; £ 24,000).

In October, federal ethics commissioner Mario Dion cleared Mr Morneau of ethical wrongdoing for that, saying it appeared to be a genuine mistake.

But on Thursday, Mr Dion released a report that found Mr Morneau had placed himself in a conflict of interest "on several occasions" in other ways.

The former finance minister's relationship with the charity, and a friendship with WE co-founder Craig Kielburger in particular, "afforded WE unfettered access to the Office of the Minister of Finance", Mr Dion wrote.

Mr Morneau broke conflict of interest rules by "improperly furthering WE's private interests, by failing to recuse himself from decisions relating to WE, and by giving WE preferential treatment", the report said.

In a statement, Mr Morneau reiterated that he should have recused himself from the government's discussion regarding the charity, given his personal ties. He had previously apologised for failing to do so.

The former finance minister also reiterated a finding of the report - that he did not have direct involvement in the recommendation of WE Charity for the program.