An Okotoks dad is disgusted after his 11-year-old daughter was sent home with school work proclaiming the “heroic” actions of the Keilburger brothers..Marc Hollinger was stunned to read a glowing portrait of the brothers – founders of the WE charity now embroiled in one of the biggest scandals in Canadian history..The paper given his daughter was part of the work in Grade 6 English at Dr. Morris Gibson school..“I was surprised. It’s distasteful,” Hollinger said in a Sunday interview with the Western Standard..“It came out of left field, I mean these guys are involved in the biggest scandal in Canadian history.”.The two-page piece tells kids heroes don’t just need to be athletes. police officers or firefighters.. image0Keilburger homework .“Usually they don’t consider that children can be heroes. Heroes are not measured by their size or age they are measured by their actions.”.The paper, produced by S&S Learning Materials, gives students a quick history of Marc and Craig Keilburger, from their days as student activists, to the setting up of the WE charity..Since the scandal broke earlier this year, it has been revealed Prime Minister Justin’s Trudeau’s mother, wife and sister had been paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to speak at charity events..Bill Morneau, then the country’s finance minister, lost his job when it was revealed he hadn’t paid the charity back for $40,000 in expenses for a trip to Kenya..After Hollinger saw his daughter’s school work, he sat down with her to tell her some of the real story of the Keilburgers..“In the beginning they seemed to have good intentions. But then they moved into politics, it stalled and went bad,” Hollinger said.. POLL: Many Albertans say they will ignore Christmas COVID lockdown .“I think this was probably a swaying moment as opposed to a teaching one.”.On Sunday afternoon, Hollinger heard back from his daughter’s teacher..” When she passed out the assignment she didn’t put two and two together that this was the WE scandal guy. She has agreed to talk to that class about it this week to set the record straight. I am happy with her response. “.The Keilburger brothers have now shuttered their WE charity in Canada. Officials in Kenya are investigating their actions in Africa..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
An Okotoks dad is disgusted after his 11-year-old daughter was sent home with school work proclaiming the “heroic” actions of the Keilburger brothers..Marc Hollinger was stunned to read a glowing portrait of the brothers – founders of the WE charity now embroiled in one of the biggest scandals in Canadian history..The paper given his daughter was part of the work in Grade 6 English at Dr. Morris Gibson school..“I was surprised. It’s distasteful,” Hollinger said in a Sunday interview with the Western Standard..“It came out of left field, I mean these guys are involved in the biggest scandal in Canadian history.”.The two-page piece tells kids heroes don’t just need to be athletes. police officers or firefighters.. image0Keilburger homework .“Usually they don’t consider that children can be heroes. Heroes are not measured by their size or age they are measured by their actions.”.The paper, produced by S&S Learning Materials, gives students a quick history of Marc and Craig Keilburger, from their days as student activists, to the setting up of the WE charity..Since the scandal broke earlier this year, it has been revealed Prime Minister Justin’s Trudeau’s mother, wife and sister had been paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to speak at charity events..Bill Morneau, then the country’s finance minister, lost his job when it was revealed he hadn’t paid the charity back for $40,000 in expenses for a trip to Kenya..After Hollinger saw his daughter’s school work, he sat down with her to tell her some of the real story of the Keilburgers..“In the beginning they seemed to have good intentions. But then they moved into politics, it stalled and went bad,” Hollinger said.. POLL: Many Albertans say they will ignore Christmas COVID lockdown .“I think this was probably a swaying moment as opposed to a teaching one.”.On Sunday afternoon, Hollinger heard back from his daughter’s teacher..” When she passed out the assignment she didn’t put two and two together that this was the WE scandal guy. She has agreed to talk to that class about it this week to set the record straight. I am happy with her response. “.The Keilburger brothers have now shuttered their WE charity in Canada. Officials in Kenya are investigating their actions in Africa..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
