‘This is absolutely no way to treat a minister’; some Liberals decry anti-Morneau leak campaign

'Any cabinet minister will be scared to say something or else it’s going to get leaked...government can't function like that,' says a former senior Liberal.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuffled his cabinet last week after Bill Morneau resigned his position as finance minister following a series of media leaks from Liberal insiders who said he was at odds with Mr. Trudeau. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland was appointed as the new finance minister. Dominic LeBlanc has been appointed as the minister of intergovernmental affairs.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ABBAS RANA

August 24, 2020

Bill Morneau deserved a dignified exit from politics, and the alleged government leaks about the outgoing finance minister have “normalized” leaking damaging information to the media, which will have a chilling effect on the willingness of cabinet ministers to offer their frank opinion on public...

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