Trudeau’s cabinet shuffle yet another indication Liberals ‘clearing the decks’ for a spring election, say political watchers

One of the jobs of a minority government is to look for an opportunity to win a majority government, says Liberal strategist David Herle.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on Jan. 12, 2021, shuffled his cabinet last week, and political observers consider this as an indication that the Liberal government is setting the stage for a spring election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ABBAS RANA

January 18, 2021

The Liberals deny it, but political insiders say last week’s cabinet shuffle is yet another indication Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is setting the stage for a spring election, and that the new cabinet is the governing party’s election cabinet. Last week’s shuffle was triggered after Navdeep ...

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