Is wielding a rubber stamp the price of keeping a job in Trudeau’s cabinet?

Morneau’s departure fits a worrying pattern of a prime minister who dismisses ministers who challenge him.

With Bill Morneau now gone, it means one less adult at the cabinet table, leaving Justin Trudeau with dwindling adult supervision, writes Ross O’Connor. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ROSS O’CONNOR

September 10, 2020

Ministers in Justin Trudeau’s cabinet have learned a hard lesson in recent times: disagreeing with the boss is hazardous to one’s political career. His latest victim was Canada’s chief financier, Bill Morneau, who was cut loose supposedly after a policy disagreement with his boss, making way f...

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