So many questions, so few answers. Why didn't he decide to do that right from the start, instead of waiting until now ? That one is easy to answer. Why does he want the job so badly that he is willing to put with all the speculation and criticism ? Ho many millions has he given to charity before, or is this a recent conversion to doing good works ? Will Trudeau follow suit ? No Finance Minister has ever been in this situation before, and no Finance Minister has been so scrutinized the way Morneau has, and yet he hangs on and is willing to pay big money to do it.  Wanting to contribute to the country, is simply far too easy an answer. There is something we are not seeing here, that goes beyond paying 5M to keep your job.