Morneau, Joly, Hehr top list of cabinet’s poorest performers this year: strategists

Finance Minister Bill Morneau has faced questions on ethics and potential conflicts of interest, while Canadian Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly is in her home province’s bad books.

Sources named Finance Minister Bill Morneau, Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly, and Sports and Persons with Disabilities Minister Kent Hehr as some of the weakest links on the Liberal front bench this year. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

December 18, 2017

While some members of the Liberal government’s front bench soared this year, others sank, and strategists say Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly were among cabinet’s worst performers in 2017. “Morneau is regarded as strong on policy and weak on politics. You can...

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