1/ Anglo Toronto media will probably blow this off but I would argue that from a fedgov/treasury board perspective, this - not all the stuff about board governance or bank covenants - is actually a smoking gun wrt due diligence on the contribution agreement. https://twitter.com/TomPark1n/status/1291369024757039105">https://twitter.com/TomPark1n...

2/ ESDC& #39;s main due diligence task was not to make Jesse Brown& #39;s life easier by investigating WE& #39;s internal affairs: it was to make sure that WE was actually capable of implementing this national program. That means being able to offer services in both official languages.

3/ As I noted at the time, even the quickest glance at WE& #39;s website should have thrown up red flags about their being able to offer the program in both languages. if they couldn& #39;t do that, they needed a credible partner to help them do it not just in QC but nationally.

4/ And needless to say, National PR is not a credible partner in program delivery. I don& #39;t understand what kind of due diligence check could have given a passing grade to this option.

5/ Again, doesn& #39;t mean there was corruption of breach of trust at work. Simplest explanation is still dumb program-design + insane timelines = people cutting corners that should not have been cut. This just tells us the cut corners were a lot bigger than initially thought.