Morneau's villa in Provence France

[westernvicki]

There was a REASON THEY MADE ACCESS TO INFORMATION more difficult despite the vociferous criticism of Harper and the failed election promise.


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[fjlip]

Good read from Maclean's..[URL="http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/justin-trudeaus-money-pit-and-those-working-hard-to-join-it/"]http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/justin-trudeaus-money-pit-and-those-working-hard-to-join-it/[/URL]

[SASKFARMER3]

As soon as Sunny Boy is back from Telling Mexico to up their game on Women issues oh and trade is good Morneau will leave politics and a bi election will be held and Lib will win that.

[farmaholic]

As soon as Sunny Boy is back from Telling Mexico to up their game on Women issues oh and trade is good Morneau will leave politics and a bi election will be held and Lib will win that.

You're beginning to sound like a Liberal cheerleader! Just the thought of rubbing shoulders with them and drinking their Koolaid tonight has you babbling incoherently! By the end of the night you'll be a card carrying Liberal!

[burnt]

From the NP, Morneua's failure to disclose was an "administrative error", LOL!! -

"...A number of Liberal MPs, including finance committee chair Wayne Easter, have complained about the messaging surrounding the proposals, which they say portrays small business owners as tax cheats.

The Conservatives have used the furor to accuse Morneau of hypocrisy, targeting small business owners while doing nothing to deal with legal tax avoidance strategies used by large corporations like Morneau Shepell, a human resources company headed by the minister until his appointment to cabinet in 2015.

That line of attack was bolstered Friday by news that for two years, Morneau failed to disclose to the federal ethics commissioner that he and his wife are partners in a private company that owns a family villa in southern France. CBC News reported that holding property through a private company is useful in avoiding inheritance taxes in France.

Morneau’s ownership of the villa was disclosed but the involvement of the private company was not until last month, when CBC began to ask questions about it.

Dan Lauzon, a spokesman for Morneau, called the failure to disclose the company an “administrative error” and said the minister’s office is working with federal ethics watchdog Mary Dawson to ensure he’s “in full compliance with the spirit and letter of the rules...”

What a friggin liar holds the post of Finance Minister.

[URL="http://nationalpost.com/news/politics/morneau-to-unveil-changes-to-controversial-small-business-tax-proposals"]http://nationalpost.com/news/politics/morneau-to-unveil-changes-to-controversial-small-business-tax-proposals[/URL]

[SASKFARMER3]

No i was on my best behaviour. One actually bought me a drink. HA HAH HAH

[furrowtickler]

Burnt ... I would expect nothing less from JT's inner circle .

[Hamloc]

First, I am not really surprised. Bill Morneau is married to a McCain, one of the wealthier families in Canada. So the revelation that they have a house in France is no surprise. The fact that proposed legislation will have no affect on Canada's wealthiest is also no surprise. What is a surprise is that any Canadian believes that our Prime Minister or Finance Minister are really looking out for anybody but themselves. Their only interest is getting re-elected and staying in power. In their first two years in power they have made over 8000 new government spending announcements. By contrast Stephen Harper and the Conservatives made 7300 in their last 4 years in power. In either case too much government BS but at least Harper wasn't what I would consider a multi millionaire trying to masquerade as an average Canadian who gives a damn.

[Braveheart]

Trudeau/Morneau, they're just not like us.

[bucket]

That's a good campaign slogan..