After the Canadian ethics commissioner said Trudeau had violated federal conflict of interest rules, he said , "I assume responsibility for everything that happened in my office." Despite the fact that the charity paid Trudeau's family members for speaking engagements, Trudeau never thought to recuse himself from the cabinet decision on the contract. The federal ethics commissioner will also investigate Finance Minister Bill Morneau's involvement in the decision, since his daughter currently works for the charity. Since the revelations, Trudeau and his finance minister have both publicly apologized for not removing themselves from cabinet conversations regarding WE. And yet he quickly became the first Prime Minister ever to break the ethics statuteThe question is, after this third and entirely avoidable ethics lapse, whether his "sunny ways" reputation is tarnished for good.

Source: CNN July 18, 2020 02:15 UTC