Former Liberal finance minister Bill Morneau – forced to resign during the WE scandal – says he is dropping efforts to become the head of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development..In a Tuesday tweet, Morneau said he hasn’t been able to gather enough support to win the job..“I am proud to have had this opportunity to talk about issues that matter to Canadians and to the world,” Morneau said..The OCED is an intergovernmental economic group with 37 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade..Morneau resigned August 17, after clashing with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the wake of the WE charity scandal..Morneau also resigned as a Toronto MP effective immediately..Reports out of Ottawa said Trudeau was unhappy with Morneau over how his department crafted some policies in response to the coronavirus pandemic as well as Morneau’s testimony at the finance committee studying the WE charity scandal.. Mossleigh pub briefly opens before authorities move in .Morneau told the finance committee that he had forgotten to reimburse $41,000 in free travel offered by WE to his family and himself back in 2017 until the day before the committee meeting..“I wish that in hindsight, we had done things differently around the WE Charity. As I’ve said, I think that it would have been more appropriate for me to recuse myself from that decision,” Morneau told reporters..“I’ve done my best, I’ve apologized for that, and then move forward. And I know that the important work that we’re doing is more important than that problem that we that we had.”.Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
