University Rosedale MP Chrystia Freeland has been appointed Minister of International Trade in the new Trudeau cabinet. St. Paul’s member Carolyn Bennett was appointed Minister of Northern and Indiginous Affairs. She was not expected to be in cabinet. Toronto-Centre MP Bill Morneau is the new Finance MInister.
NO BILL BLAIR, ADAM VAUGHAN
Surprising in their absence from cabinet are Bill Blair and Adam Vaughan. The anti-police tweets were giddy with pleasure at Blair’s deletion, comparing him to Julian Fantino. It is a shot that would hurt a sensitive man. Trudeau has an excess of riches which may account for the absence of Mr. Vaughan. But then, Blair and Vaughan or both men as well. Don’t forget the cabinet had to be exactly 15 women and 15 women.
OLD FACES TOO
Veteran MPs like Stephane Dion, Ralph Goodale, Marc Garneau, Scott Brison, Dominic LeBlanc, Kirsty Duncan, Lawrence MacAulay and John McCallum are all in the new cabinet.
