MPs vote to issue summons for Kielburger brothers to testify at ethics committee

The Commons ethics committee has unanimously voted to summon WE Charity co-founders Craig and Marc Kielburger to testify due to new concerns.

Last week, the pair declined requests to appear, a fact that MPs from all parties expressed concerns about on Monday.

The summons has legal force and the brothers have until Friday to appear before MPs.

The committee wants to hear from the Kielburgers as it investigates the Trudeau government’s agreement to have WE manage a now-cancelled student services grant program.

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The charity had noted that New Democrat MP Charlie Angus has requested that the RCMP and the Canada Revenue Agency investigate WE’s operations.

The charity said it would be unfair to subject it to what it called a partisan committee investigation at the same time.

The brothers already testified at the Commons finance committee last summer, after controversy over the student-grant program erupted.