Perhaps Bill Morneau imagines that by agreeing to give away the capital gain he earned on the shares in Morneau Shepell he owned he has made the problem go away. He has made a problem go away: he cannot now be accused of having actually profited from the decisions he made as finance minister. But the larger problem implied by his conduct remains, because it is increasingly clear the problem is him. So to compound the original error of judgment, the minister would appear to have learned nothing from its discovery. The commissioner is now investigating, or about to investigate, or may be about to investigate, the minister’s involvement in C-27.

Source: National Post October 28, 2017 00:22 UTC