Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Speaks at The Weeknd’s Hxouse Offices
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke Wednesday at Hxouse in Toronto, the office of the organization founded by The Weeknd and his longtime associates Lamar Taylor and Ahmed Ismail, to announce a major investment in a new national program to help Black Canadians get funding and business loans with national banks.Trudeau announced investments of up to $220.9 million in partnership with Canadian financial institutions — including up to nearly $93 million from the Government of Canada over the next four years — to launch Canada’s first-ever Black Entrepreneurship Program.