Atlantic boost on front bench noteworthy in shuffle aimed at getting action, say strategists

There are now five Atlantic MPs in cabinet, and on the West Coast, Vancouver-area MP Carla Qualtrough has been boosted to the more senior Public Services portfolio.

Ministers who were part of the Aug. 28 cabinet shuffle, from the left: Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett, Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott, Sports and Persons with Disabilities Minister Kent Hehr, Public Services and Procurement Minister Carla Qualtrough, Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor, and Veterans Affairs and Associate Defence Minister Seamus O'Regan. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

September 4, 2017

The creation of a new portfolio and the splitting of Indigenous and Northern Affairs were the big surprises out of the recent Liberal cabinet shuffle, but also of note was Atlantic Canada’s increased representation on the front bench, says Greg MacEachern, a senior vice-president at Environics Com...

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