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As We Know It – Literary Review of Canada

In September 2021, Craig and Marc Kielburger, the brothers who created a tiny NGO called Free the Children and turned it into an international network of charities, companies, and foundations, announced that their $65-million centrepiece, WE Charity Canada, would fold.

August 15, 2022

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Inside Canada’s WE Charity Scandal: It’s Not What You Think

A Canadian scandal holds a mirror up to media and politics in Canada, with implications for the US and other advanced democracies, and it’s not a pretty picture.

August 10, 2022

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New Book “What WE Lost” Explores Question – Can Years Of Political Propaganda Be Undone?

From pandemic disinformation, to Russian propaganda that fuels its unjust war in Ukraine, to attempts to overturn the US federal election, we have come to accept that a level of lying will be present in every major event or issue of our day.

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A new book takes a closer look at the WE Charity scandal

Tawfiq Rangwala, author, “What WE Lost: The Attack on Canada’s Largest Children’s Charity“Tawfiq goes on the Shaye Ganam show to discuss his new book about the WE Charity scandal.

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The Top 10 Most Shocking Revelations in the New Book about WE Charity

A new book offering an insider’s view of what really happened with WE Charity and the Canada Student Service Grant (CSSG) – the political scandal that shook Canada in the first summer of the COVID 19 pandemic – has bookshelves across the country.

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The bestselling books in Canada for the week ending May 18, 2022

Toronto Star bestsellers lists show the books Canadians bought this week.

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What You Could Lose: Understanding Good Governance and Risk Management

This is a tale of great achievement and great loss. A tale of innovation and jealousy. A tale of conflicts of interest, governance issues, and risk management.

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What WE Lost: A Review

Tawfiq Rangwala has written a well-researched, solid account of the destruction of the WE movement in Canada. It’s remarkably clearly written. Rangwala is a lawyer who could have gone too deeply into the weeds of corporate and legal jargon, but What WE Lost is compelling and very readable.

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CTV News: What We Lost Looks at WE Scandal

Author Tawfiq Rangwala joins CTV News with more on his new book and the fallout from the WE Scandal.

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Tawfiq Rangwala Guest On Point with Alex Pierson

Guest Host Angela Kokott speaks with Tawfiq Rangwala, the Author of “What we Lost: Inside the Attack on Canada’s Largest Charity”.

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WE Charity Says it Became a Victim of Trudeau Liberals’ Errors

What We Lost: Inside the Attack on Canada’s Largest Children’s Charity. The book—which tells the untold story behind the now infamous.

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Press Release – What WE Lost Book Launch

A new take on the “WE Charity Scandal” with never before heard interviews, information and accounts that finally reveal the untold story.

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Excerpt: How WE Charity Says it Became a Victim of Trudeau Liberals’ Errors

In the early days of the global pandemic, the Trudeau government wanted to provide students with an opportunity to work during the summer while helping their communities.