Some cabinet stars emerge in pandemic

Canadians are getting their first sustained exposure to the talent, variety, and weaknesses around the cabinet table.
Minister of Health Patty Hajdu gives an update on the government's measures to help Canadians with the effects of COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa on Mar. 20, 2020.
CHELSEA, QUE.—It has been decades since the era of strong cabinet ministers—men (always men) with a profile as prominent as the prime minister’s and their own following within the party. In the modern era, the most memorable example is Paul Martin, Jean Chrétien’s finance minister, who, som...

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