The tale of Bill Morneau becoming a well-tread Liberal story

The fable of Morneau and the beginning of the Liberals’ rebrand is now upon us. Flip on some Sister Sledge and let us all sing the chorus of We Are Family.

Bill Morneau is a decent man, but as he demonstrated over his five years in public office, political judgement was not his strong suit, writes Tim Powers.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

August 19, 2020

OTTAWA—Have you heard the fable of Bill Morneau’s resignation? It goes something like this: after dedicating five years of his life to public service and doing a solid job for Canada during the first cataclysmic global pandemic in 100 years, he decided to quit politics because he wasn’t going ...

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