Despite a conscious uncoupling, the Trudeau Government and WE Charity continue to receive scrutiny from media, the opposition and now the ethics commissioner. Plus we learn how big of an impact Canada’s response to the pandemic has had on our fiscal situation and why it’s still maybe not so bad.

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Segment 1: WE to me

* Federal government, WE Charity agree to part ways on summer student grant program

* Ethics watchdog investigating Trudeau over choice of WE Charity to run $900M student grant program

* Trudeau Family Paid Hundreds Of Thousands By WE Organization

* PM’s mother Margaret and brother Alexandre were both paid to speak at WE Charity events

Segment 2: Record breaking snapshot

* Ottawa to post $343B deficit as spending hits levels not seen since Second World War

* Economic and Fiscal Snapshot

 Quick takes

* US notifies UN of withdrawal from World Health Organization

* Elizabeth May endorses Sonia Fursteanu in BC Greens race

* Special Committee on Reforming the Police Act

* Committee Terms of reference

* Police chiefs call for decriminalization of personal drug use

* Independent investigator’s report to determine range, extent of anti-Indigenous racism in health-care system

* BC Liberal MLA continued to advertise in Light magazine

* Most think Wexit is a terrible idea, but the concept could divide Conservatives