Freeland in, Morneau out as the Liberals face a crisis
The WE Charity controversy continues to rage on for the Liberal government and this week, the first victim has been claimed. Finance Minister Bill Morneau and MP of Toronto-Centre resigned from his post on Monday. And less than 24 hours after Morneau’s resignation, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is brought into the fold with a cabinet shuffle, becoming Canada’s first female finance minister. Tonda MacCharles, senior reporter on federal politics for the Toronto Star, talks to Adrian Cheung about Morneau’s resignation, the controversy Trudeau finds himself engulfed in (again), and the emerging image of a federal government sliding into crisis.
