‘Ya gotta dance with the one that brung ya!’ Next election expected to be a ‘game of margins,’ Trudeau ‘doubles down’ on Liberal ‘red wall’ in cabinet shuffle, say politicos

In a ‘deeply divided and fragmented electorate,’ all parties are ‘playing on the margins’ and every seat counts, says Abacus Data CEO David Coletto.

Arif Virani makes his way to be sworn in as minister of justice. In an attempt to reset his government, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuffled his cabinet on July 26, choosing 87 per cent of his new front bench from the Liberal 'red wall' regions of Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ABBAS RANA, IAN CAMPBELL

July 31, 2023

In the most substantial cabinet shuffle since 2015 that affected 30 of the 38 ministers in some way last week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has “doubled down” on choosing an overwhelming majority of his front bench from the Liberal “red wall” consisting of Ontario, ...

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