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The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation controversy, explained

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The Pierre-Alleitrudo Foundation Resigns

The Pierre-Alleitrudo Foundation has been accused of failing to return money it received from a Chinese company. The foundation's president and the board of directors resigned en masse last week, saying they couldn't continue with the status quo. "I think the weird part about it was that this particular controversy had kind of seemed to die down," says John Defterios.

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