FILE PHOTO: Canada's Minister of Finance Bill Morneau presents an Economic and Fiscal Snapshot in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada July 8, 2020. REUTERS/Patrick DoyleOTTAWA: Canada's finance minister resigned on Monday amid friction with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over spending policies and after coming under fire for his ties to a charity tapped to run a student grant program.
"It's appropriate that the prime minister find someone with a longer term approach for the role, since I'm not running for office," he added.Morneau and his team have pushed back against other Cabinet ministers about how much pandemic funding was needed, including to what extent the post-lockdown recovery could be helped by investing in environmental projects, sources told Reuters on Sunday.
Possible replacements for the key post include Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne and President of Canada's Treasury Board Jean-Yves Duclos. Morneau's resignation"is further proof of a government in chaos", said Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer said on Twitter, adding the"government is so consumed by scandal that Trudeau has amputated his right hand to try and save himself".
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