Evening Update: Trudeau Foundation CEO, board resign over Chinese billionaire’s donation


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Good evening, let’s start with today’s top stories: Fallout over a Chinese billionaire’s donation to the Trudeau Foundation The chief executive and board of directors of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation have resigned, the non-profit organization announced today. They pointed to the “politicization” of the foundation after it returned a large financial gift from a Chinese billionaire. Last month, it returned the $140,000 gift after The Globe and Mail reported that it was part of a influence campaign, directed by Beijing, to curry favour with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The foundation said CEO Pascale Fournier and its volunteer board were...