$70,000 in donations from wealthy Vancouver Chinese to the Liberal Party in Trudeau County
2017/12/01 | By Luc Theriault
Bloc Québécois critic for democratic institutions, Luc Thériault, asks Justin Trudeau to explain how his riding of Papineau was able to raise more than two-thirds of its 2016 annual funding, or nearly $70,000, in donations from wealthy Chinese in Vancouver, within 48 hours of the government's green light to a Chinese chartered bank, Wealth One. The new bank is specifically aimed at Chinese Canadians and has operations in Vancouver and suburban Toronto.
On July 6 and 7, 2016, while the Liberal government was authorizing a Chinese bank in Vancouver, Justin Trudeau received nearly $70,000 from the Chinese community in Vancouver for his riding. That represents two-thirds of his financing in less than forty-eight hours. With coincidences like that, you should buy a 6/49! said Mr. Thériault.
During 2016, the riding of Papineau, of which Justin Trudeau is an MP, collected nearly $99,000 in 118 political contributions. However, donations from outside Quebec represent no less than 83% of the amounts collected.
More specifically, 68% of the contributions received during 2016 were made on July 6 and 7, which represents an amount of $67,079.70. These are 45 donations, 41 of which come from Vancouver and its suburbs, and whose amounts vary between $1,382.41 and $1,500, the maximum amount allowed by law.
That same July 7, 2016, the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, who reports to the Minister of Finance, gave the green light to the launch of the new chartered bank Wealth One, a bank targeting the Chinese community in Canada with branches in Vancouver as well as in the suburbs of Toronto.
“If he wants to behave like a statesman, Justin Trudeau must explain himself because from the outside, it gives the impression that there was a backlash surrounding the creation of this bank. As premier, he has a duty, more than anyone else, to maintain the population's confidence in his institutions,†concluded Mr. Thériault. pars
Translated from French to English
2017/12/01 | By Luc Theriault
Bloc Québécois critic for democratic institutions, Luc Thériault, asks Justin Trudeau to explain how his riding of Papineau was able to raise more than two-thirds of its 2016 annual funding, or nearly $70,000, in donations from wealthy Chinese in Vancouver, within 48 hours of the government's green light to a Chinese chartered bank, Wealth One. The new bank is specifically aimed at Chinese Canadians and has operations in Vancouver and suburban Toronto.
On July 6 and 7, 2016, while the Liberal government was authorizing a Chinese bank in Vancouver, Justin Trudeau received nearly $70,000 from the Chinese community in Vancouver for his riding. That represents two-thirds of his financing in less than forty-eight hours. With coincidences like that, you should buy a 6/49! said Mr. Thériault.
During 2016, the riding of Papineau, of which Justin Trudeau is an MP, collected nearly $99,000 in 118 political contributions. However, donations from outside Quebec represent no less than 83% of the amounts collected.
More specifically, 68% of the contributions received during 2016 were made on July 6 and 7, which represents an amount of $67,079.70. These are 45 donations, 41 of which come from Vancouver and its suburbs, and whose amounts vary between $1,382.41 and $1,500, the maximum amount allowed by law.
That same July 7, 2016, the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, who reports to the Minister of Finance, gave the green light to the launch of the new chartered bank Wealth One, a bank targeting the Chinese community in Canada with branches in Vancouver as well as in the suburbs of Toronto.
“If he wants to behave like a statesman, Justin Trudeau must explain himself because from the outside, it gives the impression that there was a backlash surrounding the creation of this bank. As premier, he has a duty, more than anyone else, to maintain the population's confidence in his institutions,†concluded Mr. Thériault. pars
Translated from French to English
Comment