Five key takeaways from Trudeau’s substantial cabinet shuffle
Major portfolios are switching hands, and some new roles have been created. It points to shifting priorities and a new power balance in Trudeau’s Ottawa.
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Marie-Danielle Smith
Marie-Danielle Smith is an Ottawa-based writer for Maclean’s, hunting whimsy and wonkery on Parliament Hill. She has filed from faraway cities such as Tokyo, Beijing, Brussels and Winnipeg. She peddles pun-ditry.
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