• Canadian PM’s family had done paid work for We Charity
• Trudeau: ‘I did absolutely nothing to influence’ decision

Justin Trudeau has told parliament he did not intervene to make sure a charity his family did paid work for would win a government contract.

Related: Justin Trudeau faces calls for criminal investigation into family's charity links

Canadian prime minister faces third conflict-of-interest investigation in just over three years

Justin Trudeau has apologized for taking part in a cabinet decision to use a charity he and his family have worked with to administer a C$900m (US$663m) student grant program.

The Canadian prime minister is facing a third investigation for conflict of interest in a little over three years after his government tapped WE Charity Canada on 25 June to manage the program. The charity backed out about a week after the contract was announced.

WE Charity, which was awarded multimillion-dollar government contract, paid PM’s mother and wife for appearances at events

Political rivals of Justin Trudeau are calling for a criminal investigation after it emerged that members of his family were paid hundreds of thousands of dollars by a charity to which his government recently awarded a substantial contract.

The multinational WE Charity confirmed on Thursday that Trudeau’s wife, mother and brother had been paid for appearances at charity events over the years. Margaret Trudeau, the prime minister’s mother and wife of the former prime minister Pierre Trudeau, has been paid nearly C$250,000 (US$182,000) since 2016 — far more than any other family member.