Yes, #WeHaveAProblem—and Not Just Because of Trudeau
| Yes, #WeHaveAProblem—and Not Just Because of Trudeau | | WE Day, an event that many Canadians have either heard about, watched on television or have even attended, is the flagship event hosted by Toronto-based WE Charity. It has been attended by 1 million young people to date and has been the cornerstone to the organization’s meteoric rise to international fame. And, lately, it’s been central in national media coverage about questionable practices that the organization has taken in its quest to change the world. The charity has been under increasing scrutiny over the past month for having accepted a sole-sourced contract from the federal government that would have seen them distribute nearly $1 billion worth of summer student volunteer grants, sparking the hashtag #WeHaveAProblem. The deal fell through after WE pulled out amid ethics concerns that the Trudeau family has longstanding ties to the charity. But this is all just a wormhole into the complicated, controversial and downright confusing operations of this very prolific Canadian charity. I wrote my thesis on how organizations like WE Charity use celebrities to manipulate young people—I’ve seen this coming for years... | | | | |
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