MONTREAL—Over the nine weeks of the fall sitting of Parliament, the Conservative official Opposition has devoted no less than 15 questions daily to matters pertaining to Finance Minister Bill Morneau. No recent federal finance minister has come under fire for such a prolonged period of time. By last week — with Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer formally calling for the minister’s head — the opposition rhetoric had veered into character assassination territory. With Scheer formally calling for the finance minister's head last week, the opposition rhetoric has veered into character assassination territory, Chantal Hebert writes. And the voters who are paying attention do tend to think poorly of the finance minister.

Source: thestar December 04, 2017 20:37 UTC