The Trudeau Foundation, established in 2001 to honor former Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, supports academic research and scholarships in Canada. Initially endowed with $125 million by the federal government, it operates through various funds aimed at fostering long-term growth and responding to immediate needs. The foundation has faced controversy regarding its connections to political figures, including allegations of influence from Chinese donations linked to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

1. Trudeau Fondation
By: PaulYoung, CPA, CGA
Date: November 25, 2016

2. Disclaimer
 This presentation on theTrudeau Fondation.

3. PaulYoung - Presenter
Bio
 CPA/CGA
 25 years of experience in Academia, Industry and Financial solutions
 Youtube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAArky1bAXPSuV2NLtUnyLg

4. Agenda
 Summary
 What is theTrudeau Fondation?
 Type of Funds
 Who can donate to theTrudeau Fondation?
 Board Members
 Key comments

5. Summary –Trudeau Fondation
 TheTrudeau foundation is fund use to assist academia
 Trudeau attended a meal with Chinese Business leaders and then a $1M donation was
given to theTrudeau Fondation
 The federal government set up the initial fund of $125M as tribute to Pierre Elliot
Trudeau
 AlexandreTrudeau currently sits on the board
 Alexander has made movies about Iran and Hamas
 Alexander in 2013 was part ofTrudeau’s Foreign Policy team
 Key players that support climate change have made donations toTrudeau Foundation
 McCall McBain Foundation made the largest donation in 2015
 The McCall McBain Foundation also contributed to the David Suzuki Foundation

6. What is theTrudeau Foundation
 The Pierre ElliottTrudeau Foundation encourages research, reflection and action in
four areas important to Canadians: human rights and dignity, responsible
citizenship,Canada's role in the world, and people and their natural environment.The
Foundation works through four programs: it grants doctoral scholarships, it awards
fellowships to distinguished academics, it appoints mentors and it holds public
conferences. Source - http://www.fondationtrudeau.ca/en

7. Trudeau Fondation Funds
Public Interaction Fund
 This fund leverages the potential of the Foundation’s remarkable community of engaged intellectuals and practitioners.
Your gift will be used for programming that puts scholars, fellows, and mentors in contact with stakeholders from civil
society, governments, and the private sector so that they can test ideas, share research findings, and debate new points of
view.Whether by supporting lectures, conferences, seminars, or projects, your donation to the Public Interaction Fund will
further work in the Foundation’s original four themes as well as in our new targeted areas of inquiry.
Endowment Support Fund
 This fund helps ensure the long-term financial health of the Foundation.Your gift to the Endowment Support Fund is a
commitment to the Foundation’s perpetuity; it helps us continue to mitigate the effects of the international financial
context on our investments and keep up with inflation so that we can meet the Foundation’s mission for generations to
come.
Greatest Needs Fund
 Gifts to this fund enable the Foundation to respond to immediate areas of need and emerging priorities in the year in which
they are received.The Greatest Needs Fund provides the Foundation with flexible, unrestricted funds to fill gaps and
enhance our scholarships, fellowships, mentorships, marketing, and communications.
Source - http://www.fondationtrudeau.ca/en

8. Trudeau Fondation Donors
 The foundation was established in 2001 to honour the former prime minister, who died
in 2000. In 2002, the federal government endowed it with $125 million to help fund its
core operations, though it also accepts private donations.The foundation describes
itself as an independent and nonpartisan charity.
Source - http://www.fondationtrudeau.ca/en or http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pierre-elliott-
trudeau-foundation-questions-1.3868049

9. Donors
Source - http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pierre-elliott-
trudeau-foundation-questions-1.3868049
Comments
• Google was asked to removed references to
CPC from all government sites -
http://ipolitics.ca/2016/06/16/un-googled-
trudeau-government-had-harper-web-
pages-removed-from-search-results/
• McCall McBain –
• Investments in Liberia
• Funding to Suzuki
• Source -
http://www.mccallmacbain.org/ or
http://www.emansion.gov.lr/2press
.php?news_id=1181&related=7&pg
=sp or
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/public
ations/annual-reports/2015/thank-
you-to-our-donors-2015/

10. Board Members
 AlexanderTrudeau
 AlexanderTrudeau was connected to JustinTrudeau’s Foreign PolicyTeam
 http://www.torontosun.com/2013/04/26/bad-advice-think-justin-trudeaus-instincts-are-scary-take-
a-look-at-what-two-of-his-advisers-have-to-say
 http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/navid-hassibi/trudeau-foreign-policy_b_9602962.html
 https://www.opencanada.org/features/barbarian-abroad-alexandre-trudeau-and-call-china/
 http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/letter-by-pms-brother-on-behalf-of-
accused-terrorist-awkward-but-doesnt-break-rules
 Source - http://www.fondationtrudeau.ca/en/community/administrateurs/2016/all

11. Comments
 Chuck Strahl resigns – key quote “OnWednesday, Liberal MP Dominic LeBlanc challenged
NDP LeaderTom Mulcair in the House of Commons to "ask Chuck Strahl" about the
foundation’s independence, after Mulcair accused the Liberals of failing to follow their own
ethics rules by allowing Chinese national Zhang Bin to attend Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau’s private fundraiser dinner in May. Soon after the $1,500-a-person Liberal
fundraiser, Zhang and another man signed an agreement to give a $1-million donation to
the Montreal charity named forTrudeau’s father, along with the University of Montreal’s
Faculty of Law. ” Source - http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/chuck-strahl-quits-board-of-
pierre-elliott-trudeau-foundation-1.3175914
 Prime MinisterTrudeau – “he has not been associated in any formal or informal way with
the foundation bearing his father’s name since he was first elected to the House of
Commons.” – Source - http://globalnews.ca/news/3088407/justin-trudeau-insists-theres-
no-link-between-him-and-pierre-elliott-trudeau-foundation-after-minister-chuck-strahl-
quits/
 There are indication thatTrudeau was still involved up until 2014.The other issue thatTrudeau did
not defend is why is AlexandreTrudeau still on the board. Alexander at one time was providing
Foreign advice in areas like Iran and Hamas.