Canada's Finance Minister Bill Morneau tendered his resignation Monday amid an ethics scandal tied to a well-known and well-connected charity. The allegations involve a free trip and favoritism, and have entangled the Prime Minister himself. Morneau's successor, deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland , will become Canada's first female finance minister and must now grapple with a struggling economy, buffeted by a global pandemic. Opposition leaders say Trudeau is risking the country's pandemic recovery with his cabinet changes, and attempting to distract from the scandal. A pandemic recovery planIn a press conference Tuesday, Trudeau insisted he wasn't trying to sidestep a scandal but instead to refashion government policies for a pandemic recovery.

Source: CNN August 18, 2020 22:52 UTC