许多主流媒体成员是特鲁多基金会的一部分。这种利益冲突使得基金会无法以任何有意义的方式被报道和追责。
2018年的经济更新拨款了5.95亿美元用于补贴媒体机构，这相当于贿赂。然而，对媒体的控制早在那之前就开始了。
最高法院法官和各政党成员也是该基金会的一部分。审视其广泛的影响范围表明，这个群体在公共生活的所有主要方面都有影响力。
基金会在2002年获得的1.25亿美元启动资金至今仍然存在。它被用来每年产生数百万的回报投资。与之相比，它收到的捐赠微不足道。文章包含了过去5年的税收信息，已经联系了加拿大税务局以获取更多信息。合理地质疑是否赞助丑闻被用来转移对基金会所得资助的注意力。
John McCall MacBain涉足许多领域。他还在新任总检察长大卫·拉梅蒂宣布将重新考虑是否给予SNC拉瓦林（SNC Lavalin）延期起诉的几天后，向麦吉尔大学捐赠了2亿美元。延期起诉将允许拉瓦林仍然获得联邦合同。
实际上，特鲁多基金会充当了一种宣传媒介。媒体机构和有抱负的记者/研究人员能够将其用作推动自由党议程和论点的收入来源。
Many members of the mainstream media are part of the Trudeau Foundation. This conflict of interest makes it impossible for the Foundation to be covered and held to account in any meaningful way.
The 2018 economic update which allotted $595 million to subsidize media outlets amounts to bribery. However, controlling the media started long before that.
Supreme Court Justices and members of all political parties are part of the Foundation as well. Looking at the vast range shows how the group has influence in all major aspects of public life.
The $125 million startup that the Foundation received in 2002 is still there. It’s being used to generate millions of return investment every year. The donations that it receives it paltry by comparison. The article contains tax information for the last 5 years, and Revenue Canada has been contacted for more. It’s reasonable to ask if the Sponsorship Scandal was used to divert attention from the grant that the Foundation got.
John McCall MacBain has his fingers in many pies. He also donated $200 million to McGill University days after new Attorney General, David Lametti, announced he would reconsider giving SNC Lavalin a deferred prosecution. The DPA would allow Lavalin to still be awarded Federal contracts.
In effect, the Trudeau Foundation acts as a propaganda outlet. Media outlets and aspiring journalists/researchers are able to use it as a source of income to promote Liberal agendas and talking points.