The fight between the opposition and the government over the conduct of Finance Minister Bill Morneau spilled out of the House of Commons and into the foyer Tuesday with Morneau threatening the Conservatives with legal action. Those 680,000 shares were sold in November, 2015, days before Morneau introduced a motion in the House of Commons to raise income taxes on the country's highest earners. He repeatedly asked whether the shares were sold by Morneau or someone else, suggesting the timing of the sale was no coincidence. It is absolutely absurd.…The opposition clearly has no idea how the stock market works," Morneau said. There, Poilievre told reporters he is not alleging insider trading and said he's simply asking when Morneau sold his shares.

Source: CBC News November 28, 2017 18:56 UTC