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Trudeau, Finance Minister Meeting Amid Tensions

Eli Ridder by Eli Ridder
August 17, 2020
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Trudeau, Finance Minister Meeting Amid Tensions

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau congratulates Minister of Finance Bill Morneau following the fall fiscal update in the House of Commons in Ottawa, on Nov. 21, 2018. (The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld)

(PM) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is meeting with his finance minister on Monday amid apparent disagreements over how to handle coronavirus aid spending and plans to tackle climate change, according to reporting from Reuters news agency and local sources.

The contention comes with Mr. Trudeau aiming to fulfill platform promises on the environment that could potentially help with post-pandemic economic recovery while Finance Minister Bill Morneau pushing for a more conservative approach, as reported by the Globe and Mail.

The Liberal prime minister, who governs with a minority that needs the support of opposition parties to pass legislation, has faced ethics questions from the handling a multi-million-dollar deal with a charity to distribute funds to Canadian youth through a volunteer program. However, Mr. Trudeau has also experienced a boost in polling amid the pandemic.

Mr. Morneau has also faced the same, if not stronger, backlash after the pair did not recuse themselves from a decision to hand WE Charity a $900-million student grant program ahead of the summer months when many students would be working. Both ministers have family members who have been paid for working for the charity.

Canadian media have widely reported that Mr. Trudeau hired former Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, who also served the Bank of Canada during the 2008 recession, as an informal advisor.

This has sparked speculation the future of Mr. Morneau’s service in the finance position, on top of calls by critics for the finance minister to step down due to the ethics affair.

Though he has the most experience to lead the Department of Finance in the Cabinet, Mr. Morneau could be replaced by Mr. Carney, who would need to acquire a seat in the House of Commons to take on the role.

Despite the rumblings of a Cabinet shuffle a year before a potential by-election, a spokesperson for Mr. Trudeau said Tuesday that the prime minster has “full confidence” in Mr. Morneau, who Reuters reports is concerned by significant budget deficits amplified by pandemic spending.

Canada’s budget deficit is forecast to hit C$343.2 billion, the largest shortfall since the Second World War reports Reuters, in this fiscal year. Total coronavirus support is nearly 14 percent of gross domestic product.

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