High standards from Liberals? Not bloody likely.
It’s hard to believe that, for the second time in as many months, Finance Minister Bill Morneau is at the centre of an ethics controversy. Barely five weeks ago, it was revealed that the minister had used a loophole to avoid placing his substantial assets in a blind trust, despite leading Canadians to believe he had. And he did this while leading the Liberals’ campaign to smear small-business owners and incorporated professionals as scheming rule-dodgers. We wrote then, “How the prime minister chooses to proceed from here will reveal a lot about how seriously he takes his commitment to holding his ministers to the highest standards.”