‘Unflappable’ Goodale considered one of Trudeau’s best cabinet ministers

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale holds the cabinet portfolio that has 'zero political gain and a huge amount of political risk,' but he 'largely gets it done without incident,' says Chad Rogers.

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, pictured in a scrum on the Hill. Mr. Goodale figures as prominently in Justin Trudeau’s cabinet as Marc Lalonde did in Pierre Trudeau’s, or Don Mazankowski did in Brian Mulroney’s, said L. Ian MacDonald, editor of Policy magazine, who described Mr. Goodale as 'unflappable' and one of Mr. Trudeau’s best ministers.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY CHRISTOPHER GULY

July 31, 2017

Handling politically sensitive and emotionally charged issues requires a steady hand and Ralph Goodale appears to be that guy in the Trudeau cabinet. The 67-year-old, Regina-born federal Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness minister holds the cabinet portfolio that has “zero political gain an...

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