Canadian prime ministers are styled as The Right Honourable (French: Le très honorable), a privilege maintained for life. He wrote a check for more than 40,000 Canadian dollars, or about $30,000, this year when it emerged that the charity had failed to fully bill the couple for their travel costs for two trips abroad it had organized.In the days leading up to his resignation, there were reports he had repeatedly clashed with the prime minister about the extent of emergency economic assistance the government had provided during the coronavirus crisis, with the finance minister reportedly saying the government had spent too much. A statue of the first Canadian Prime Minister John A MacDonald lies on the ground at the base of its pedestal at Canada Park in central Montreal on August 29, 2020, after it was pulled down by anti-racism protesters during a demonstration calling for the defunding of the police. “We arrived at the same conclusions at about the same time. Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada. Bill Morneau insisted his stepping down was not related to a conflict-of-interest controversy that has embroiled him and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada.Amid calls from political opponents for his resignation, Canada’s finance minister did just that on Monday night. Justin Trudeau. Important Notices. Trudeau’s mother and brother had accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in speaking fees and expenses from WE, and his wife Sophie hosts a podcast for WE, and had expenses covered to attend WE events.Trudeau said Tuesday he believes Canadians want his government to focus on dealing with the economic recovery.Pollster Nik Nanos said in an interview that the cabinet shuffle may have fanned the flames of the WE Charity controversy, which had begun to die down for the government after Trudeau and his chief of staff testified before a House of Commons committee in July.
Toronto Star articles, please go to:‘He’s my therapist’: How Chrystia Freeland and Doug Ford forged an unlikely friendship in the fight against COVID-19How Chrystia Freeland became Justin Trudeau’s first starThe Toronto Star and thestar.com, each property of Toronto Star 11:00 a.m. to colleagues, clients or customers, or inquire about Macdonald, an immigrant to Canada from Scotland, served as prime minister from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 to 1891. But he said he must test the confidence of the House of Commons for his new plan, since the pre-COVID platform his government was elected on is outdated.“As much as this pandemic is an unexpected challenge, it is also an unprecedented opportunity,” Trudeau told reporters in a statement laced with campaign-style slogans.“This is our chance to build a more resilient Canada, a Canada that is healthier and safer, greener and more competitive, a Canada that is more welcoming and more fair. Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada Trudeau issued a statement of support for Mr. Morneau’s work and promised to support his bid to become the next secretary general of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.Jagmeet Singh, the leader of the opposition New Democratic Party, “Every time he gets caught breaking ethics laws, he makes someone else take the heat,” Mr. Singh wrote.Canada Finance Minister Quits Post Amid Charity ScandalBill Morneau announced his resignation as Canada’s finance minister during a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday.Justin Tang/The Canadian Press, via Associated Press Morneau is a multimillionaire through a human resources firm his father founded, and his wife, Nancy McCain, is a member of one of Canada’s wealthiest families.
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That's a really, really important part of any working relationship, particularly in government.”Morneau’s political luck ran out last week amid speculation — despite their denials — that Trudeau had lost trust in him to lead the economic recovery plan.While Trudeau said he didn’t ask for Morneau’s resignation, neither he nor Morneau denied that the two had differed on his role in the months and years ahead.“We arrived at an agreement, just as we have many times in the last five years that I was working with Bill,” said Trudeau. Personal.
Black Lives Matter supporters chanting “abolish the police” have torn down a statue of Sir John A MacDonald, the Scotsman who became Canada’s first prime minister, in Montreal.Sir John’s statue then crashes to the ground with such violence that it is completely decapitated, with the “lawless mob” cheering euphorically and an activist rushing forward to “teabag” the long-dead statesman’s head after it comes to rest.Statue of Canada’s first prime minister torn down by a lawless mob. Premier ministre. Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence. I am delivering this report in a time of significant global uncertainty.