Justin Trudeau Says He Initially Balked at Contract Award to Charity

OTTAWA—In a bid to defuse a weekslong controversy, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday he at first challenged authorities officers when they advisable awarding a worthwhile authorities agreement to a charity with fiscal ties to his household.

For the duration of exceptional testimony by a sitting primary minister at a parliamentary listening to, Mr. Trudeau said he at first balked when officers advisable in early May possibly that WE Charity must take care of a pupil-grant software budgeted at 900 million Canadian bucks ($670 million). Beneath…