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"Guests were charged $1,500 to attend, according to reports at the time, sparking accusations that the party was peddling access to the prime minister. Among the guests — though as a foreign citizen purportedly not making a donation — was Chinese mogul Zhang Bin....Weeks later, Zhang and another Chinese tycoon donated $1 million to the Trudeau Foundation, named after the prime minister’s father, and the University of Montreal law school. Most of the money was earmarked for student grants, but some was to be used to erect a statue to the late Pierre Trudeau." |