Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled his new cabinet Wednesday making room for western voices at the table, but also putting one of his best performers at his side to deal with fraying relationships with premiers across the country.
“Chrystia and I have worked very closely on some of the biggest files facing Canada,” said Trudeau. “Our ability to work well together on these issues that touch national unity, touch energy and environment, touch relations with all provinces and regions in this country is going to be an extremely important thing at a time when we see some very different perspectives across the country that need to be brought together.
Trudeau also appointed Winnipeg MP Jim Carr to act as the special representative for the prairies. In the last parliament, Carr was natural resources minister and then trade minister, but he was recently diagnosed with cancer.“He was very clear to me and very clear to everyone that being able to continue to be a strong voice for this government in the west and a strong voice from the west to this government, is going to be important to him.
Natural resources and environment are two especially contentious portfolios in western Canada, where the federal carbon tax and the Liberals’ overhaul of Canada’s environmental assessment regime are very unpopular. “Not to say he wasn’t a great talk show host, but he has not exactly been sterling as minister, particularly in veterans affairs,” said Jack Mintz, president’s fellow at the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy.
But Findlay said Trudeau made the right decision, and that Guilbeault’s appointment would have been “disastrous” for relations with western Canada.Chris Barrington-Leigh, an assistant professor at the McGill School of Environment, agreed that it would have been a “risky” move to give Guilbeault the environment portfolio.
It is good relation with small ukrainan girl
We are angry and we don’t care what you do!!! We just want someone to blame otherwise we might realize our problems are our own fault and we don’t like that!!!!
“What we need to do as a federal government, [...] is really listen hard.” ...and that is *all* that Ottawa will do, except for some lip service. wexit
Swing and a misssss......
Politics is like CALVINBALL!
Weird photo
Yeah, no.
Someone sent me this link and I think it is a more accurate description of Freeland and her ties to the Ukraine. Not sure if the link mentions it, but her mother is on Soros’ payroll and where there’s Soros, there’s corruption.
Trudeau needs to resign. That would be a good start. His very name is an insult to the west.
Look out for these losers. cdnpoli onpoli Canada
Won't work. It's even worse than his last one. He attempted to put people into spots to try and 'buy' votes but they do nothing for the area so people are still mad. Look at natural resource minister last time. From edmonton and did nothing for alberta. Was just a lie
Ok...
WEXITNOW
U smoking the dope!?
Sure.... we heard cliche yesterday...
These 2 don't appear to be government officials to Canadians. They look like 2 characters posing in a movie. Behave yourself!
Through divisiveness of course.
'Trudeau's new cabinet aims to bridge western divide'
Is it just me or is that picture a little creepy?
How many biz closed and layoffs this week alone already and it is only Wednesday
Fake appointments to ensure Justie holds on to centralized power. Appointees set up to underwhelm with some fake portfolios added in.
After JustinTrudeau headed a nasty campaign against the West now he wants to make up. He’s not listening to the West at all
JT's smile kept reminding me of someone. Finally figured it out. Another JT.
You can't be serious
This new cabinet is a disaster for the west.
Trudeau hired his cabinet based on the colour of their skin and their gender. This is illegal in Canada so why is no one calling him out ion his bigotry?
Call me skeptical...Libs have been out in force the past week on TV stating how AB needs to ‘transition’ off O&G. Yes, we do, over the next 25yrs. Not the next 25 months. Reverse course on C-48, make major amendments to C-69. 👍
It does? O'Regan? Failure Freeland? Such silly Ministries.
Is there any Indigenous person in the cabinet? Oh I forgot that Trudeau hates indigenous people.
So that's that then.
Why does 'Send in the Clowns' come to mind ?
I'm sure it will go super smooth.
Body language can be telling.
He’s a child. Quite simply, a clueless child.
Sure!.... so all PMJT needs to do is to have a brain transplant and change direction on major bills that effectively choke any sensible resource development. I figure that he doesn't have the DNA for that. The rest is all window dressing until we can see what he actually does.
Yeah, right. Lol
Just a coupla vampires hanging out doing vampire stuff.
Well great. There twiddle dee and twiddle dumb.
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