Clerk of the Privy Council

The House finance committee spent 11 hours debating Thursday, leading a Tory MP to accuse Liberals of a "government-led coverup."

Two House of Commons committee meetings dragged on for hours Thursday, with no end in sight, as Liberal MPs continued to filibuster opposition efforts to reopen their investigations into the WE Charity affair.

The federal Conservatives want MPs to create an anti-corruption committee to investigate the WE Charity issue.

Opposition parties have been weighing how best to bring the issue back to the fore and to further investigate the $543.5-million Canada Student Service Grant program

The federal Conservatives are calling on a speaking agency through which WE Charity paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to members of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's family to hand over all documents about the arrangements.

OTTAWA — Opposition parties are taking issue with the black ink applied to many of the thousands of pages of newly released documents about the WE Charity controversy, suggesting the redactions are part of a continuing coverup by the federal Liberals.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ordered the 5,000-plus

The documents back up the government's contention that it was federal public servants who recommended WE Charity program, but they also suggest bureaucrats may have been nudged to look in that direction by their political masters.

Here is a timeline of the controversy surrounding the $912-million Canada Student Service Grant program, based on public events and statements from cabinet ministers, government officials and WE Charity.

Opposition Conservatives are demanding that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau testify before the House of Commons finance committee as it prepares to study how much the government spent in awarding a now-cancelled contract to WE Charity.

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WE Charity on Thursday announced that it is scaling back its operations, making dozens of layoffs in Canada and the United Kingdom.

Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough conceded the government "dropped the ball" on its student volunteer grant program, and said she offers "no excuse or justification" for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Bill Morneau's roles in the resulting WE Charity controversy.

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"Prime minister," the clerk of the privy council is reported to have advised, "your biggest problem is in Rideau Hall."That was in 2006, when Stephen Harper was prime minister and Michaëlle Jean was Governor General. Fourteen years later, amid a run of unflattering stories, Justin

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New documents indicate the public service considered at least 20 organizations to work on the Canada Student Service Grant program, including the United Way and the Canadian Red Cross, before concluding that WE Charity was the best fit.

Finance minister accepted "complimentary" trips and his family donated $100,000 to WE Charity before the organization was contracted by Ottawa to administer a student volunteer program.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau returned to question period for the first time since the WE Charity controversy broke, facing more criticism from opposition parties, but the clerk of the Privy Council suggests that Trudeau may not be wholly deserving of it.