A RESPECTED MENTAL-HEALTH ISSUES ADVOCATE

OTTAWA -- An organization that received $5.8 million from the federal government to help job seekers from under-represented communities is refusing to say if it paid the prime minister’s mother, Margaret Trudeau, to speak at an event it held this month.

She appeared in Elevate.ca’s Think2030 series, on October 14, to speak about mental health and the effects of the pandemic.

Speaker’s Spotlight, the agency that books professional speakers, describes Margaret Trudeau as an “respected mental-health issues advocate” and lists her among those with fees in the $15,000 to $20,000 per event range.