Justin Trudeau: Trudeau, who had a highly successful public-speaking business for several years before being elected in 2008, said he would reimburse only the organizations he billed from the time when he first became an MP to early last summer, when he made the decision to run for the Liberal leadership and ended his paid public-speaking career, according to CBC. "My view is that what is not appropriate I, you know, as someone who is paid by the public, I get good remuneration from the taxpayers of Canada as a public servant. I don't think it's appropriate for me to then take money from charity. I give money to charity, I don't take money from charity. So that is my view about what is appropriate and what is not appropriate under those circumstances." Most of the 17 charitable and other organizations that have paid speaking fees to Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau during his time as an MP say they aren't interested in having their fees returned, despite Trudeau's offer on the weekend to reimburse any organization unhappy with his services. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, speaking to reporters Tuesday in Northern Ireland where he was attending G8 meetings, said he could only talk about his own "comportment" when asked about Trudeau's speaking fees.
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