Sharpening of cabinet-making tools a portent of an election to come

The government seems to be risk managing all other elements of its agenda and operations. So, after Parliament rises for the summer and Canadians hopefully get closer to normal, does it move to change cabinet?

It is not unusual for a prime minister to do some cabinet-making before heading to the polls. If it does happen this summer, it will be yet another sign an election is coming, writes Tim Powers, who agrees Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, left, Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault, Health Minister Patty Hajdu, and Public Safety Minister Bill Blair should be on their way out.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

May 12, 2021

OTTAWA—If, as the Ottawa gossip mill suggests (notably it never gets dampened by even a pandemic), that the prime minister is planning an election in late summer or early fall, is a federal cabinet shuffle on the horizon? The government seems to be risk managing all other elements of its agenda an...

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