Sponsors Drops WE Charity Sponsorship and Donations Amid Political Scandal
TORONTO—Several companies—including a major sponsor—that have provided cash, flights and gym memberships to WE Charity are dropping or considering backing away from supporting the embattled organization. Royal Bank of Canada, GoodLife Fitness and KPMG said Tuesday that they were ending their partnerships with the charity, while WestJet was still mulling over what to do about WE. The decisions come amid an ongoing controversy over a federal government deal to run a $900-million student volunteer program meant to help youths during the COVID-19 pandemic. WE—a Toronto-based charity formed by brothers Craig and Marc Kielburger in 1995—was awarded a contract, before backing out of administering the program. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose mother and brother received money for speaking at WE events, and Finance Minister Bill Morneau, who has travelled on WE’s…
To an increasing number of people, America’s policy of “engagement” with China’s communist dictatorship has proven to be a deadly mistake.
With Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s landmark speech on China and the closure of the Houston Chinese consulate, America appears to be entering a new era of US-China relations. According to Solomon Yue, the goal is not containment, but to bring about the demise of the Chinese Communist Party.
In this episode, we sit down with Solomon Yue, Vice Chairman & CEO of Republicans Overseas and a Republican National Committeeman since 2000. He escaped China in 1980, after the Red Guards raided his home and threatened his life during the Cultural Revolution.
This is American Thought Leaders ??, and I’m Jan Jekielek.
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Global Airlines Less Hopeful on Covid-19 Recovery
PARIS鈥擥lobal airlines cut their coronavirus recovery forecast on Tuesday, saying it would take until 2024鈥攁 year longer than previously expected鈥攐r passenger traffic to return to pre-crisis levels. In an update on the pandemic’s crippling impact on air travel, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) cited slow virus containment in the United States and developing countries, and a weaker outlook for corporate travel. Lingering travel barriers and new restrictions in some markets are also weighing on nearer-term prospects, IATA said, cutting its 2020 passenger numbers forecast to a 55 percent decline – sharper than the 46 percent drop predicted in April. “The second half of this year will see a slower recovery than we’d hoped,” IATA Chief Economist Brian Pearce said. June passenger numbers were down 86.5 percent year-on-year, the organisation…