Former finance minister Bill Morneau says he was thinking of leaving federal politics and running for a top diplomatic post well before the WE Charity affair prompted his sudden departure from cabinet.
On Thursday, Morneau told CBC’s Rosemary Barton that, for some time, he’s had his eye on the secretary-general position with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), an intergovernmental agency that promotes democracy and the market economy.
And Morneau insisted he would have pitched himself for that job even if the WE Charity affair hadn’t erupted on his…
