The WE organization won’t manage the federal government’s $900 million program to pay students and fresh graduates for volunteer work this summer, the Trudeau government announced Friday morning.

Youth Minister Bardish Chagger described it as a “mutually agreed upon decision.”

Since the charity founded by brothers Craig and Marc Kielburger was announced as the manager of the program last week, the sole-sourced deal has been criticized because of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s close relationship with the group.

The volunteer program is to pay up to $5,000 for schooling costs for participants who volunteer the maximum 500 hours, and is aimed at students who can’t find work this summer because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Conservatives were calling for a watchdog to investigate the sole-sourced deal.

The WE Charity will pay back money it has already received from the federal government.

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