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The '''Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation''' ({{
Donations to the charity increased when Justin Trudeau became the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, and again in 2015 when the party won the federal election.
In early 2023, most of the board of directors resigned, in light of a $200,000 donation from Chinese political strategists and billionaire [[Zhang Bin (political strategist)|Zhang Bin]]. The donation
== Organization ==
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== History ==
The foundation was founded in 2001, one year after the death of Pierre Elliot Trudeau.<ref name=":0" /> In 2002, the [[Government of canada|Government of Canada]] endowed the foundation with $125 million. The organization is obliged to not spend the endowment, but instead invest the money and use income from the investments to fund
== Directed donation from Chinese government and aftermath ==
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On April 11, 2023, all but three of the board of directors, including president Pascale Fournier resigned<ref name=":0" /> citing controversy over the Zhang's donation.<ref name=":2">{{cite news |last1=Raycraft |first1=Richard |date=12 April 2023 |title=Trudeau Foundation president, board resign, citing 'politicization' of China-linked donation |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-foundation-resign-1.6806482 |access-date=12 April 2023 |archive-date=11 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411215515/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-foundation-resign-1.6806482 |url-status=live }}</ref> Three directors remained in post on a temporary basis in order to meet legal minimums.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Passifiume |first=Bryan |date=11 April 2023 |title='Politicization' blamed as Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation CEO, board step down amid Chinese donation scandal |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/board-ceo-of-pierre-elliott-trudeau-foundation-steps-down |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=[[National Post]] |language=en-CA}}</ref> On April 12, day [[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|''La Presse'']] reported that other governance concerns had led to the resignations, including record keeping issues that prevented returning the $140,000 donation.<ref name="Fife1" /> As a result, the board concluded that it would be "unlawful" to return the donation as they had committed to do.<ref name="Fife1">{{cite news |last1=Fife |first1=Robert |author-link1=Robert Fife |last2=Chase |first2=Steven |date=12 April 2023 |title=Un-returnable Chinese donation triggered governance crisis at Trudeau foundation: report |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-chinese-donation-governance-crisis-trudeau-foundation/ |access-date=12 April 2023 |archive-date=12 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412174908/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-chinese-donation-governance-crisis-trudeau-foundation/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=CBC News |date=12 April 2023 |title=Controversial Trudeau Foundation donation from Beijing-linked businessman was not reimbursed |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-foundation-china-donation-1.6808272 |access-date=12 April 2023 |archive-date=12 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412203305/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-foundation-china-donation-1.6808272 |url-status=live }}</ref>
On April 12, the foundation's board chair [[Edward Johnson (lawyer)|Edward Johnson]] said that it would
In testimony before the House of Commons ethics committee on May 3, 2023, Sacha Trudeau called Zhang Bin "honorable", insisting that the foundation was never the target of foreign interference and that he "had seen no trace of it".<ref name="NatPoSacha"/>
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