The Université de Montreal says in a press release that it’s contemplating all choices in gentle of latest details about a $750,000 donation it acquired in 2016 that reportedly had ties to Beijing.
The Globe and Mail had reported in February, citing an unnamed supply, that the Chinese authorities orchestrated donations to the college and to the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation in hopes of influencing Justin Trudeau.
In response, the muse promised to return a $200,000 donation that got here from two Chinese businessmen.
But on Tuesday, the muse’s board of administrators and president resigned, saying the politicization of the charity made it “impossible to continue with the status quo.”
Montreal-based La Presse reported Wednesday that the charity was not capable of return the cash it acquired from Zhang Bin’s Golden Eagle International Media Co. Ltd., which in the end amounted to $140,000.
The Globe and Mail reported the Trudeau Foundation is now launching an impartial evaluation of its determination to just accept the donation.
