Five takeaways from the Kielburgers’ testimony
It was a different sort of WE day in Ottawa, as the charity’s co-founders appeared before the House finance committee. Here’s what you need to know.
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Marie-Danielle Smith
Marie-Danielle Smith is an Ottawa-based writer for Maclean’s, hunting whimsy and wonkery on Parliament Hill. She has filed from faraway cities such as Tokyo, Beijing, Brussels and Winnipeg. She peddles pun-ditry.
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