Prime Minister Stephen Harper is adding eight new faces to his cabinet today, four of them female, in a major shuffle that is seeing numerous portfolios changing hands and the creation of new positions.
Harper is using his Twitter account to announce the details ahead of the 11 a.m. ceremony.
Here's what has been announced so far:
- Peter MacKay and Rob Nicholson switched jobs. MacKay is now justice and Nicholson is national defence.
- Chris Alexander is the new citizenship and immigration minister, replacing Jason Kenney.
- Jason Kenney is the minister for a new portfolio called employment and social development, replacing the human resources and skills development department.
- James Moore is the new industry minister, replacing Christian Paradis.
- Christian Paradis is the new international development minister.
- Shelly Glover is the new heritage minister, replacing James Moore.
- Kellie Leitch is the new labour minister, replacing Lisa Raitt.
- Lisa Raitt is the new transport minister, replacing Denis Lebel.
- Denis Lebel is now responsible for infrastructure.
- Leona Aglukkaq moves to environment from health, replacing Peter Kent.
- Rona Ambrose moves to health from public works.
- Steven Blaney is the new public safety minister, replacing Vic Toew who resigned.
- Candice Bergen is a new minister of state for social development.
- Greg Rickford is the new minister of state for science and technology.
- Kevin Sorensen is the new minister of state for finance.
- John Duncan is the new government whip, replacing Gordon O'Connor.
- Pierre Poilievre is the new minister of state for democratic reform.
- Rob Moore minister of state for Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.
- Lynne Yelich is the new minister of state for foreign affairs and consular services.
Sources had said this would be a "substantial and significant shuffle" and that there would be "new faces and younger members alongside experienced and capable hands."
The source also said there would be new women in cabinet and that the government's focus would remain on the economy.
Harper said earlier Monday morning that he is "proud to be naming four new strong, capable women" to the cabinet.
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is keeping his job, and Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is also keeping his portfolio. Tony Clement remains Treasury Board President and Ed Fast keeps trade.
The shuffle contains a few surprises, but there were a few certainties in terms of what positions would have new ministers. Toews left public safety vacant when he resigned and Harper had to fill that spot.
Keith Ashfield, the current fisheries minister, has cancer and asked the prime minister to relieve him of his duties in the next shuffle. The intergovernmental affairs department lost Peter Penashue as the minister in March when he resigned over inappropriate election claims. He was defeated in the byelection and Transport Minister Denis Lebel assumed the intergovernmental affairs job.
Lebel now has his hands full with the train disaster in Lac-Mégantic.
Environment Minister Peter Kent has made it known he won't mind if he is bumped out of cabinet and junior finance minister Ted Menzies and Diane Ablonczy, minister of state for foreign affairs, aren't running again in the 2015 election which means they could be dropped.
Previously 10 women
Harper currently has 10 women at the cabinet table, seven ministers and three ministers of state. One of those women is Senator Marjory LeBreton, who is the government's leader in the Senate. She intends to step down from that role, and it is widely expected that during this shuffle Harper will drop the position of Senate leader from being included in the cabinet.
LeBreton is also vice-chair of the cabinet's priorities and planning committee, the key committee that guides the government's strategies. With LeBreton leaving cabinet, Harper could tweak the composition of that committee, and other cabinet committees, depending on the change of portfolios among ministers.
With the Senate expense scandal still hanging over the Conservatives and declining support in the polls, political experts and insiders say this shuffle is a crucial one for Harper.
Some say this is an opportunity for Harper to try and change the channel by putting a fresh face on his cabinet. They also expect this shuffle to be coming ahead of a throne speech in the fall when Harper will lay out new policies and priorities for his government.
Mobile-friendly liveblog feed is here.
Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang
Harper's cabinet to feature 8 new members
Dengan url
http://beritaluarindo.blogspot.com/2013/07/harpers-cabinet-to-feature-8-new-members.html
Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya
Harper's cabinet to feature 8 new members
namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link
Harper's cabinet to feature 8 new members
sebagai sumbernya
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar