After spending the past two weeks criss-crossing the country to speak with ordinary Canadians in town hall meetings, Justin Trudeau is heading to Switzerland where he'll rub elbows with the rich and powerful at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
The Trudeau government unveiled its draft of a mammoth new law that would put in place a system to track and price carbon pollution from fossil fuels and industry.
The federal ethics commissioner has cleared Finance Minister Bill Morneau of allegations that he and his father benefited from insider information to save half a million dollars on the sale of shares in their family−built company.
Conservative leader Andrew Scheer demanded Bill Morneau hand in his resignation on Wed. Nov 29, 2017, as political rivals intensified their attacks on a finance minister mired in controversy for weeks.
Opposition parties took turns criticizing Bill Morneau on Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, as they tried to drag out a stinging ethics controversy that has swarmed the finance minister for weeks.
Bill Morneau suggested on Tuesday, October 31, 2017, that it was their own personal financial interests that motivated Conservative MPs to oppose reforms aimed at ending tax advantages for wealthy owners of private corporations.
As controversy rages over whether Bill Morneau's personal fortune has compromised his work as finance minister, the governing Liberals are taking shelter from the storm in the only place they can find it: the office of ethics commissioner Mary Dawson.
Bill Morneau made further attempts on Thursday, October 26, 2017, to silence accusations that he's personally profited from decisions he's taken as federal finance minister.
Finance Minister Bill Morneau will sit down with the federal ethics watch dog to see what more he can to do reassure Canadians he will not let his personal fortune get in the way of his job.