In this file photo taken on March 18, 2020 Canada’s Finance Minister Bill Morneau speaks during a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. — AFPCanadian finance minister Bill Morneau announced Wednesday he had repaid more than CAN$41,000 in travel expenses to a charity at the heart of the country’s ethics commissioner’s investigation into Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
The same day, the prime minister’s office announced that Trudeau would also testify before the committee, as requested by opposition Conservatives, although the date has yet to be set. The group has since said it is withdrawing from the federal program, but the controversy has continued to rage. Trudeau’s wife would have received CAN$1,500 for an event in 2012, before her husband had become the head of the Liberal Party.