The Liberal leader maintains it’s wrong to give the benefit to wealthy families that don’t need help raising their kids. And to underscore that point, he’s going to give his own family’s windfall to charity.
Recent cabinet orders revealed the appointment of two "special assistants" at the Prime Minister's residence who have been seen caring for Mr. Trudeau's children, prompting critics to ask why the Prime Minister is billing taxpayers for nanny expenses after claiming his wealthy family did not need public daycare funding.
"If I'm elected president, I'm accepting no salary."
...
For the second quarter in a row, President Donald Trump declined to take a salary and opted instead to gift the quarterly installment to a government entity, this time to the Department of Education.
At a White House press briefing, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders presented a check for $100,000 to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
DeVos said the funding would go toward hosting a camp for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) students at the Department of Education.
"We want to encourage as many children as possible to explore STEM fields in the hope that many develop a passion for these fields," DeVos said.
Trump donated his first quarter salary of about $78,000 to the National Park Service.
Sanders said the first quarter funds went toward restoring two projects at a national battlefield. She added that additional donations brought the total first quarter gift to over $260,000.
Trump's donations are consistent with the billionaire businessman's campaign pledge to forgo a salary if elected.