Trudeau should share national spotlight with other cabinet ministers, say politicos

If party leaders don’t nurture the team, 'they run the risk of having the whole group thrown out,’ says former deputy prime minister Sheila Copps.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Oct. 16, 2017, at a Diwali celebration at the Sir John A. Macdonald Building in Ottawa. According to a survey by the Angus Reid Institute, two-thirds of the 30 Justin Trudeau cabinet ministers are unknown to at least half the country.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ABBAS RANA

December 4, 2017

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may have declared "government by cabinet is back" two years ago when he unveiled his mostly rookie-member cabinet in Ottawa, but some political observers say today he should be boosting more of his top cabinet ministers for the sake of the party. “In the modern world...

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