“After careful consideration, in my capacity of leader of the Opposition, I am officially calling on Bill Morneau to resign as finance minister,” Scheer said shortly before question period, where the issue dominated debate. OTTAWA—Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer demanded Bill Morneau hand in his resignation Wednesday as political rivals intensified their attacks on a finance minister mired in controversy for weeks. The push for Morneau’s departure is yet another challenge to a finance minister who’s been forced to navigate several ethics-related controversies since the summer. And again on Wednesday, Morneau and Trudeau took turns challenging the Tories to utter the insinuation outside the House. “For weeks they demanded that the finance minister sell his shares.

Source: thestar November 30, 2017 00:00 UTC