中英对照：腐败的加国财长摩尔诺就该辞职

在加国经济面临瘟疫造成危机之际加国财长比尔•摩尔诺突然辞职。据《环邮》报道，摩尔诺辞职是因为他与总理特鲁多就加国救援计划的发放发生争执，并深受WE慈善丑闻困扰。他以保护加国财政利益，减少纳税人财务支出为由，反对内阁就瘟疫危机提出的对加国人士的紧急财务救援计划。同时，他却眼都不眨 地将数十亿纳税人税款拨给与他个人关系密切的加国机构，以资助财务陷入窘境的“关系户”。

Canada's Finance Minister Bill Morneau resigned as the Canadian economy struggles to recover from the pandemic crisis. According to the Globe, Morneau quit his job amid reported tension with the PM and the WE Charity scandal. He pushed back against the cabinet’ s plan on the pandemic relief spending to help Canadians in financial hardship, citing his responsibility to tighten the public purse string as a federal finance minister. Meanwhile, he eagerly doled out hundreds of millions of taxpayers' money to rescue a financially troubled organization with which he had close personal ties.

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在当经济困境中的加国人士急需政府救援之际，摩尔诺先生变成了一个小气鬼。他认为每月给$2000元的CERB补贴太过慷慨，提出减少补贴额。在联邦政府打算将CERB转为EI时，摩尔诺只准许冻结一年的EI保费，而特鲁多要求冻结两年。在今年三月当大部分企业因瘟疫危机而收入几乎消失殆尽之时，联邦政府推出帮助企业保留雇员之计划。但在摩尔诺的建议下，该计划只为雇主提供区区10%的雇员工资，这一无关痛痒的补贴数额让加国商业社区极为不满，后因特鲁多施加压力，才于4月份将雇员工资补贴升至75%。

Mr. Moneau turned into a passionate penny pincher when financially struggling Canadians desperately need the federal lifeline. Mr. Moneau believed that the $2000 CERB benefits were too generous and argued for a less amount. Morneau also wanted to provide one-year freeze to EI premiums in Ottawa's plan to roll CERB into EI, while Trudeau was pushing for a two-year freeze.  When businesses saw their revenue wiped out by Covid-19 in early March, Ottawa planned to roll-out relief programs to help employers retain the workforce. But under Mr. Moneau's proposal, Ottawa announced a grossly inadequate relief package to Canadian business owners that offered only 10-percent employee wages, which sparked an outcry from the Canadian business community. The federal government raised the subsidy to 75 percent under pressure from the PM in April.

摩尔诺的辞职似乎让银行界和Bay街深感不安，他们认为这位前财长是唯一一位力主控制支出并能保护其利益的内阁成员，是最具财务克制和实施消费约束力的高官，也是唯一能平衡联邦政府的广泛社会支出的领导人。

Mr. Moneau's departure seems to have rattled the Bay Street, which has seen the former finance minister as the only cabinet member to limit the federal spending and defend their interest. They believed Morneau was an essential voice of restraint and fiscal discipline, serving as a counterbalance to some of the government's broader social spending.



但摩尔诺在利用公款为其“哥们”效力时，却一跃成为一名慷慨的“慈善家”。在臭名昭著的耗资纳税人几千万的WE慈善丑闻中，摩尔诺和他的手下扮演了极其重要的角色。要知道WE慈善在这位前财长身上可没少花钱，美酒佳肴之外还免费提供的耗资$4万多元的全家畅游世界。据《环球邮报》报道， 摩尔诺对推出这项耗资纳税人$5.43亿元，外加WE慈善直接揣入腰包的$4300万元管理费的学生自愿者计划乐此不疲。但在这项学生自愿者计划推出之前，摩尔诺还唯恐WE慈善拿不到政府拨款，并匆忙将高达$9亿元的税款直接划给WE慈善项目。

But Morneau became a generous financier when using the public money to serve the interest of his "besties." Mr. Morneau and his office were the key players in the WE scandal that saw tens of millions of dollars squandered in supporting an organization that entertained him and his families lavishly through dines and wines and all-expenses-paid family trips. According to the Globe, Mr. Morneau's eagerly pushed out the students' volunteer program (CSSG) that cost the taxpayer $543-million and $43 million administration fee that went directly to the charity's pocket.  Before CSSG's inception, Morneau had quickly earmarked over a stunning $900 million for the program-- under his heightened concern that "the government will drop the ball."

摩尔诺的离任为渥太华迅速推出保护加国人士安康，同时维持加国经济增长的COVID19追加救援计划扫清了障碍。在摩尔诺辞职两天后，接替他职位的方惠兰宣布将CERB延长一个月，同时扩展EI项目，并给合同工和零工仔提供救援补贴。加国不需要一名只顾自身利益却不关心老百姓之疾苦的财长。这样的领导人就应立即辞职，且再也别想登上加国财长之宝座。

Mr. Morneau 's departure has cleared the way for Ottawa to roll out additional measures for Covid-19 relief programs, which has played a vital role in protecting Canadians' wellbeing and sustaining economic growth. Two days after Morneau's resignation, his replacement, Christia Freeland, has extended CERB for a month, expanded EI, and added recovery benefits for gig and contract workers.  A corrupt top leader who eagerly advanced his priorities but was insensitive to the pains of millions of Canadians should step down immediately and never return.