When is a cabinet shuffle more than a shuffle? When it means an election is coming soon

At best, this is a shuffle necessitated by resignation, but designed to get the government through the short term until an election is potentially held later this spring after the budget.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured top left, Privy Council Clerk Ian Shugart, new Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne, new Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau, Governor General Julie Payette, Jim Carr, special representative to the Prairies, and new Transport Minister Omar Alghabra, were on hand for the first virtual swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 12. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY BRUCE CARSON

January 13, 2021

Just before starting a four-day virtual cabinet retreat, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuffled his cabinet Jan. 12, probably for the last time before a federal election. This shuffle was triggered by Navdeep Bains, the minister of innovation, science, and industry, telling the prime minister that ...

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