Morneau cleared

[jimmy4321]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ethics- ... -1.4478000
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/01/08 ... a-homepage

[Queen K]

But seriously, who would have ever believed a different verdict from a political system which is so freaking stinking to high heaven of corruption?

[Chyren]

Stinks of corruption? How do you get that? This same ethics commissioner found the Prime Minister guilty recently.

Its not always a conspiracy.

[hobbyguy]

Canada actually does pretty well at keeping a lid on corruption: http://www.worldaudit.org/corruption.htm

Not perfect, but then...

That's why I posted elsewhere the general sentiment that Skippy Poilievre serves a purpose with digging up mud to sling, he is actually useful to Canadians as long we keep him in opposition. "Set a thief to catch a thief".

[Omnitheo]

Nobody should be surprised by this.

It was obvious from the get go that there was no conspiracy or “insider trading” afoot. Publicly available information and sound financial decisions taken at the advice of financial advisors led to the sell-off. If Morneau did not follow that advice, people would be claiming he was bad with finances and not qualified for his position.

Conservatives had to reach back years to try and invent some scandal where it didn’t exist, and biased sheep on the forums here tried to propagate it. Now they’re too emberassed to admit they were completely wrong. Guess they can always go back to Trudeau’s socks.

[jimmy4321]

More crying wolf, it's now all falling on deaf ears.
Not good for an opposition party

[Veovis]

More crying wolf, it's now all falling on deaf ears.
Not good for an opposition party

Really?

This is good news for Morneau. HE can rest easy now, HOWEVER, it was absolutely something that should have been looked at. IT would be ridiculous to think otherwise.

Heck people lost their bloody minds over ()K for Duffy that ended up being nothing wrong by Duffy, but hundreds of thousands in potential insider trading is nothing to look at? Step into reality.

Now though it has been looked at, and a ruling has come down. I'm actually glad it wasn't blatant corruption, and this issue can be set aside.

It was right to look at and inquire, just as it is right to be done with it now.

[jimmy4321]

It was clear early on.
Now lets see if they quit pounding sand

[Veovis]

It was clear early on.
Now lets see if they quit pounding sand

NO it wasn't, it was quite damning early on, it's why it needed to actually be reviewed.

The circumstantial evidence was very damning and deserved a proper (but confidential) review. That review happened and things have been stated to be on the level.

I think that means process was done, as it should have been.

If they still bring it up, it will have a negative impact on polls most certainly, but why when they can ignore finance minister that has been cleared and focus on the actual PM that was found guilty......however they are politicians and no one ever accused them of making the smart move.

[Omnitheo]

It needed no more of a review than you would if someone accused you of ripping off a store because you bought merchandise during a heavily marketed sale.

Honestly, anyone who cried “insider trading” has no idea what the term means. All this accomplished was making the cons appear even pettier.

[Veovis]

It needed no more of a review than you would if someone accused you of ripping off a store because you bought merchandise during a heavily marketed sale.

Honestly, anyone who cried “insider trading” has no idea what the term means. All this accomplished was making the cons appear even pettier.

For the person in charge or the country's finances without using a blind trust and forgetting he had villas in other countries......of course it needed to be evaluated.

For all the times you cry for the rich to be persecuted I find it amazing you give Morneau a blank slate due to the color of his shirt.

Running a corner store and a country are vastly different, not seeing that is quite the feat.....

[Jflem1983]

Wow can not believe this crook is our finance minister. Hopefully the next investigation sinks him. What a idiot. Forgot how many french villas he owns. Sickening.

[Chyren]

Wow can not believe this crook is our finance minister. Hopefully the next investigation sinks him. What a idiot. Forgot how many french villas he owns. Sickening.

So we define a person based on how many "French Villas" he owns?

Last time I checked the economy is booming, the Dollar is at a high, oil prices are rising (we sell oil), we're going after the Americans for trade duties, unemployment is an all time low, and he was cleared of being "a crook."

Yeah sure sounds like we have the wrong Finance Minister.

[Jflem1983]

Wow can not believe this crook is our finance minister. Hopefully the next investigation sinks him. What a idiot. Forgot how many french villas he owns. Sickening.

So we define a person based on how many "French Villas" he owns?

Last time I checked the economy is booming, the Dollar is at a high, oil prices are rising (we sell oil), we're going after the Americans for trade duties, unemployment is an all time low, and he was cleared of being "a crook."

Yeah sure sounds like we have the wrong Finance Minister.

U think any of that good stuff is cuz of the libs ? Dollar is rising with oil price. It always does. Falls with it too.

[Veovis]

So we define a person based on how many "French Villas" he owns?

Last time I checked the economy is booming, the Dollar is at a high, oil prices are rising (we sell oil), we're going after the Americans for trade duties, unemployment is an all time low, and he was cleared of being "a crook."

Yeah sure sounds like we have the wrong Finance Minister.

Overspends taxpayer money at a factor of 3 times what he said he could....and that's 30 billion * 2 years instead of 10 billion.

Ya I call a guy who can overspend 40 billion dollars good at finance.......wait........ no I don't.

I don't fault him his personal wealth....good for him, but when he "forgets" major assets (how many cars that you own have you forgotten?), and has some deals that correlated potentially very directly with his current position it was only proper that it be reviewed.

That review shows that he wasn't guilty of any wrong doing and that is good, his boss however was found guilty and has proceeded to make jokes of it and not respond to the actual issue of being the first PM to commit such a gross violation.

I think Morneau is tainted none the less from this and a different minister position may be a prudent move for political reasons down the line, but that's politics and the liberals problem.