Trudeau’s mid-term cabinet shuffle a recognition of the realities of governing

Unresolved challenges in many of the cabinet jobs prove that it's easier to make promises than to fulfill them.

Jane Philpott was shuffled out of her job as health minister Aug. 28 and named the new minister of Indigenous services, splitting the Indigenous file with reassigned Indigenous and northern affairs minister Carolyn Bennett, now the minister of Crown-Indigenous relations and northern affairs.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

August 30, 2017

OTTAWA—Nearing the mid-point in the Liberal mandate, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuffled his cabinet Aug. 28 in recognition that the realities of government are a far cry from wishful campaign musings. Prompted by the resignation of former minister Judy Foote, Trudeau staged a big cabinet re...

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