See below a sample of the outpouring of support for WE Charity.
Bourrie is one of the few to continue to pursue the gross injustice of the so-called WE Charity scandal. The press reported Angus' slander as news. https://t.co/TS2ipz2W4e
— Paul Green (@Greenski2) August 15, 2023
You do know that the WE charity was absolved of any wrong doing right? Yeah, I hope they sue the slanderers. Because they were found to have done nothing wrong.
— 🌻Kitchie G 🇨🇦 North of the wall 🇨🇦 💙💛🦒 (@TrippettaRaffe) August 19, 2023
They did it with the WE Charity as well.
— susan morrow (@sooze555) August 24, 2023
Not much saud though about the Investigation that proved there was NOTHING.
Conservatives looking for BS on Justin Trudeau ,they destroyed a,wonderful Charity.
#cdnpoli #cdnpolitics
— SmartyrNow (@SmartyrNow) August 5, 2023
I've just learned there was an independent review & official forensic audit which completely exonerates the #WEcharity that was grossly slandered, particularly by @PierrePoilievre and @CharlieAngusNDP. If I was a Kielburger, I'd sue them for every penny. pic.twitter.com/WPY9geoc4S
Forensic investigator shows WE Charity was a well-run organization. Media incompetence and political opportunism destroyed Canada’s best organization for encouraging youth activism and service. https://t.co/AyAkX7g1WH
— Mark Bourrie (@MarkBourrie) September 6, 2023
My dearest hope is that a lot of people are personally sued once the initial litigation is complete to ensure politicians in the NDP and CPC stop these fake scandal ploys to erode government confidence. We need platforms not fake accusations!
— Darlene Grant (@westmm4028) September 6, 2023
How sad. I saw first hand the positive effects that WE had on high school students. The Cons are responsible for destruction of good for political points. Reprehensible.
— Lainey 🕊🐝🌻🔭🏌️♀️🏒🧶🎼 🧳🇨🇦🐕🦺 (@laineypied) September 6, 2023
WE Charity has won its forum case in Washington, DC. That means its lawsuit against the CBC's Fifth Estate will be heard in federal court in Washington, not in Canada, where the SLAPP law regime is out of control. And American libel awards can be brutal.
— Mark Bourrie (@MarkBourrie) June 28, 2023
someone should broadcast the lawsuit. money, especially if the CBC loses, taxpayers money, will get the medias attention. I like the CBC but if they destroyed a charity that was helping people, they made a dumb mistake..maybe they won't do it again.
— Steve Wheeler (@SteveWh48941132) September 6, 2023
Charity Intelligence and Kate Bahren were a go-to “source” for lazy media & politicians who jumped on the #WECharity conspiracy bandwagon.
— Barbara Levesque (@belle_levesque) June 30, 2023
As the libel suits make there way thru the courts, the bullshittery of it all is exposed.@MarkBourrie & @Theobius write about it 🇨🇦#cdnpoli https://t.co/FiP10meISj
Exactly
— Barbara Levesque (@belle_levesque) June 30, 2023
Politicians like @PierrePoilievre and @CharlieAngusNDP distorted facts & events, slandered decent people, mocked and sneered at anyone who defended #WECharity, and permanently damaged an international charity.
The lawsuits are proceeding.
And now 🇨🇦media won’t cover it 🤔
I agree.
— Barbara Levesque (@belle_levesque) June 30, 2023
It was a pile on. And anyone who said “Hey wait a minute” was shouted down.
The whole thing was like a hurricane.
The disastrous hysteria among 🇨🇦media/politicians regarding WE Charity is starting to make it’s way thru courts as Canadaland & CBC face lawsuits over their reporting.
— Barbara Levesque (@belle_levesque) June 30, 2023
Many reports relied on the opinion of Kate Bahen
Charity Intelligence and the Tories https://t.co/LqQfDSwEeJ
As I love CBC this is hard to watch. I am outraged for WE and the children harmed. This sheds light on today’s pack mentality in CDN political MSM. They decide what they want the story to be, turn off all judgement. Facts that undermine their narrative are discarded.
— Patricia Chartier, she/her (@patriciaorpat) June 30, 2023
This video is a must see. Fifth Estate should be ashamed of themselves. They were more concerned with a great story than the truth. https://t.co/E4kcYuWajA
— Laura 🤔😷 (@lauraandsimba) June 29, 2023
I am baffled by this WE thing, I really am. How does @cbc justify what looks like a hatchet job? https://t.co/nyQnCHSOaP
— BronaL🏳️🌈😷 (@Mostly_Delores) June 29, 2023
Fabulous, the cbc, canadaland and Charlie Angus and PP all deserve to pay hugely for what they did to WE ‼️ https://t.co/mSiMohsmna
— Smallmarmie (@marmiesmall) June 28, 2023
Fabulous, the cbc, canadaland and Charlie Angus and PP all deserve to pay hugely for what they did to WE ‼️ https://t.co/mSiMohsmna
— Smallmarmie (@marmiesmall) June 28, 2023
Fallout from the ginned-up "WE Charity scandal" created and propagated by the Conservatives continues, in the courts. Corporate media breathlessly piled-on the anti-Trudeau bullshit without doing proper research, of course. #PoilievrePropaganda#FakeScandals https://t.co/a0yD4eR3Qo
— Skipjack Rabbit (@Elizabe82475682) June 28, 2023
Thank you for taking this on. I read What WE Lost and believe everything stated and heavily footnoted in this powerful book. https://t.co/Z5dKmhG3Ge
— babs butterfly (@babsbutterfly2) June 29, 2023
Elements of the CBC are now as corrupt as Postmedia. Never believe anything from a news source in North America at first glance. If a story is important to you it is imperative that you do what journalists used to do, verify the facts then form your own conclusion.
— v3rd3 (@william78339517) June 29, 2023
A group called Friends of WE has posted a devastating take-down of The Fifth Estate's claim that WE Charity counted latrines (washrooms) as school rooms in Kenya. It shows how footage was edited and documentary evidence was ignored. https://t.co/V9ZID01uVM
— Mark Bourrie (@MarkBourrie) June 29, 2023
Going after the US donors was a bad idea. I wonder what other media will be slapped with similar lawsuits who haven't been already. We know it wasn't just CBC doing reporting on what amounted to nothing but lies by Jesse Brown and others. #wecharityhttps://t.co/tTxWT8YsFg
— 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @204queen0574 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 (@204queen0574) June 29, 2023
Going after the US donors was a bad idea. I wonder what other media will be slapped with similar lawsuits who haven't been already. We know it wasn't just CBC doing reporting on what amounted to nothing but lies by Jesse Brown and others. #wecharityhttps://t.co/tTxWT8YsFg
— 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @204queen0574 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 (@204queen0574) June 29, 2023
Ya. We’re seeing more and more lawsuits against the media. But we need to see more. The Conservatives media bullshit is out of control. Good on WE Charity. This is why they all suddenly shut the hell up about it. If you can’t beat them, sue them and shut them up. https://t.co/sSObyjdVfA
— Vicki Campbell🇨🇦 (@merry123459) June 29, 2023
I actually highly recommend reading “What We Lost” by @RangwalaTawfiq, and thank you to @opibooks for giving me a copy. Incredible insights into this story. My take is that the Liberal Party threw the charity under the bus to dodge the scandal (which was their fault), destroying…
— Andy Lee - Special Rebel Rapporteur (@RealAndyLeeShow) June 29, 2023
⚖️Another lawsuit against the #CBC. 💰
— Canadian Advocacy Centre 4 Health Safety & Justice (@CdnAdvocacy) June 28, 2023
"WE Charity alleges the CBC's hour-long investigative story about it advanced false claims about its finances and projects that were contradicted by the network’s own reporting and information #WECharity provided."https://t.co/Ecqc9ZqWsX
WE Charity Wins Ruling in Defamation Lawsuit Against Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; Case Will Move Forward in D.C. Federal Court https://t.co/BQyLgienCE
— Dennis Kendel (@DennisKendel) June 28, 2023
Huh. Important read about R-wing #Canadian #propaganda. “Charity Intelligence’s personal connections to the federal and Ontario Conservatives and the Fraser Institute suggest some motivation for attacking #WE Charity.” https://t.co/3b4zdCMIIf
— Ali Gibs (@starmediaguy) June 28, 2023
"No one described how board chair Hepburn’s lengthy ties to the Conservatives – both financially and personally – make Charity Intelligence’s involvement in attacking WE Charity highly suspect.#cdnmedia #cdnpoli https://t.co/cd06rssrED
— AnnabelleMac (@AnnabelleMac2) June 28, 2023
Fallout from the ginned-up "WE Charity scandal" created and propagated by the Conservatives continues, in the courts. Corporate media breathlessly piled-on the anti-Trudeau bullshit without doing proper research, of course. #PoilievrePropaganda#FakeScandals https://t.co/a0yD4eR3Qo
— Skipjack Rabbit (@Elizabe82475682) June 28, 2023
Our mainstream media has become a roadblock to democracy. It considers itself a player in the game instead of the game’s referee. https://t.co/CtDfBsHScR
— Scribulatora (@Scribulatora) June 28, 2023
It boggles the mind that this kind of thing can happen. There is a lot of investigating and planning going on by many people to produce these shows. Abuse of the public trust. It's happening so much these days. It takes too long to sue someone and too much money.
— MaryMary🇨🇦🪬🏳️🌈✴️🪻 (@mmofcan) June 28, 2023
Too bad they didn't sue @PierrePoilievre as well. He's the true author of this fiction perpetrated against WE.
— Audrey Maitland (@audrey_maitland) June 28, 2023
So not only did the Cons shut down WE in Canada, now CBC is in the line of fire. Talk about 2 birds with one stone. Ironically, the media outlet Cons claim is biased against them will be judged for supporting their narrative. 🤪
— Beth (@Beth_NOT_Betty) June 28, 2023
I think that many believe, incorrectly, and unfortunately that there was a definitive finding of some culpability.
— uskokatwit (@uskokatwit) June 28, 2023
“Scandal” is the first subheading in a Google search.
The ethics commissioner ruled that WE Charity did not receive any preferential treatment.
A sad hatchet job. pic.twitter.com/yCWxMvKYw7
WE Charity has won its forum case in Washington, DC. That means its lawsuit against the CBC's Fifth Estate will be heard in federal court in Washington, not in Canada, where the SLAPP law regime is out of control. And American libel awards can be brutal.
— Mark Bourrie (@MarkBourrie) June 28, 2023
I criticized Bahen and Canadaland during the height of the attack against WE Charity for their false characterization of covenants on WE real estate as somehow irregular.
— Barbara Levesque (@belle_levesque) June 24, 2023
Congratulations to the @globeandmail. That’s two charities in three years you’ve taken down, tough guys. You must be so proud. #TrudeauFoundation https://t.co/qOUbFDu8ww
— Gerald Butts (@gmbutts) April 11, 2023
I wish a serious investigator had taken a long, hard look at the WE Charity non-scandal. We are seeing today how Canada’s political journalists are an intellectual closed shop. litigation is the only way to break it up and expose it.
— Mark Bourrie (@MarkBourrie) May 23, 2023
Jagmeet Singh appearance at the hearing today for 5 minutes was nothing but a political stunt that failed. He should be embarrassed. It seems the ndp & the cons have a coalition against decent Canadians. First We charity, Margaret & Sophie Trudeau, & now David Johnston. No shame
— Clay Thompson (@harryt59_harry) June 6, 2023
Story you won't seen in #Cdnmedia, which dreads the day WE's cases are heard in court.
— Mark Bourrie (@MarkBourrie) April 20, 2023
Malice has a special meaning in law. It doesn't mean CBC and @JesseBrown had to hate WE. Just means they went ahead knowing they were lying. As we saw in Dominion v Fox:https://t.co/7t4DVxGiRp
Forensic analysis exonerates WE Charity and the Canadian government https://t.co/wwCpGHF41U via @torontostar pic.twitter.com/Hc5fzWjVaX
— Rob Wolvin (@TorCentre) April 11, 2023
WE charity improved the lives of thousands of kids. The #TrudeauFoundation has helped thousands of students. While charities need to be accountable & merit scrutiny, politicizing them & turning them into punching bags cannot be what is best for Canada.
— Anthony Housefather (@AHousefather) April 12, 2023
I’ll never forgive the CPC for destroying the WE charity that my students cherished and benefited from over so many years. I truly hope this Foundation can survive this petty attempt at smearing our PM. https://t.co/TUU4YTuDFc
— Linda Dickson (@LindaDickson58) April 12, 2023
Congratulations, Pierre Poilievre and Jagmeet Singh. You both destroyed the We charity, and now you are going after the Pierre Elliott Trudeau foundation. What do the Cons & NDP have against students?
— Clay Thompson (@harryt59_harry) April 11, 2023
Politics is no longer dirty, Pierre & Jagmeet made it disgusting.
If today's destruction of a Canadian charity board by Conservatives seems familiar, that's because it is. This is the same strategy that tore apart the WE Charity in 2020 -- gin-up an imaginary "scandal," and watch the defamatory hate spread by a co-operative media pile-on. https://t.co/vSDalqrQQO
— Skipjack Rabbit (@Elizabe82475682) April 11, 2023
Just a reminder #cdnpoli as the hyenas go after the Trudeau Foundation.
— Barbara Levesque (@belle_levesque) April 12, 2023
Forensic analysis exonerates WE Charity and the Canadian government | The Star https://t.co/oKoDGzP1jQ
Just like they did with We Charity. https://t.co/ADzaBeJTiz
— Mark Gerretsen 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 (@MarkGerretsen) April 11, 2023
CPC destroyed - WE Charity Canada. Its mandate: to ensure the continued support of impactful projects in Kenya, those that will ensure transformational change for generations, including Baraka Hospital, Kisaruni Group of Schools, WE College & the Women’s Empowerment Centre. 1/2
— CougarXR7-1st car owned #StandWithTrudeau (@1Cushion1) April 16, 2023
WE Charity: “I’m left to reflect on the why of it all. Headlines bent on selling advertising, instead of reporting truth, one party’s quest to win the next federal election, & the questionable ethics of opposition parties using a children’s charity as a political pawn.” C. Wilson pic.twitter.com/5KvhLUiZ3j
— Isis Wise 🔎 (@Libs4Canada) April 12, 2023
Reminiscent of the Kielberger brothers and the “WE” foundation; decimated by the same mindset.
— uskokatwit (@uskokatwit) April 11, 2023
The WE Charity was found guilty of… nothing or as a Toronto Star headline noted “Forensic analysis exonerates WE Charity”.https://t.co/i6Gf4IJIpT pic.twitter.com/4WTlmjKTnh
WE Charity is a good thing.
— Christopher Byrne 🇨🇦🇺🇦 (@CBinVAN) April 19, 2023
Trudeau Foundation is a good thing.
Canadian press is a sad joke.
We deserve better. #CdnMediaFailed
I wonder why the foundation and Trudeau do not take legal action against you. You know your allegations are pure libel. Do you want to destroy this foundation and end its good works for the people you pretend to protect: as you destroyed WE charity and hurt a lot of Canadians.
— John Peate (@JohnPeate5) April 11, 2023
Ah, sad to hear that. The only book I know about WE Charity is called, "What WE Lost." (https://t.co/koTQPQjdWV) There's a TON of stuff that's out of print out there!
— #SquirrelTeamSix Co-ordinator (@SquizzRadical) June 27, 2023