The ghost of Morneau's tax travails will most likely continue to haunt Liberals in the coming year
Prime Minster Justin Trudeau is greeted by Montreal mayor Valerie Plante at city hall in Montreal on Dec. 19, 2017. Government insiders say the Liberals will devote 2018 to delivering on the agenda on which they were elected. The Canadian Press/Paul Chiasson
OTTAWA—Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are ushering out 2017 the same way they rang it in: in the midst of controversy over ethics and alleged elitism.
But as much as the prime minister doubtless wants to turn that page, government insiders say he has no intention of hitting the reset button in the new year.