Fantasy government

Latest reports put a coalition cabinet at 24 members—18 Liberal, 6 NDP.

Consider this a rough draft (uninformed by any inside information and based only on personal speculation).

For the sake of argument, let’s set aside the three Liberal leadership contenders. For one, they might be too fraught with political implications to be included. For another, they might be too busy promoting their leadership campaigns to be decent cabinet ministers anyway. For the record, if they weren’t embroiled in a leadership race, they’d all be in cabinet.

Prime Minister Stephane DionDeputy Prime Minister Jack LaytonHouse Leader Ralph GoodaleFinance John McCallumEnvironment Thomas MulcairDefence Scott BrisonForeign Affairs Irwin CotlerImmigration Olivia ChowIndian Affairs Todd RussellHeritage Charlie AngusIndustry Joe ComartinAgriculture Wayne EasterFisheries Siobhan CoadyPublic Works Gerard KennedyHealth Libby DaviesJustice Anthony RotaPublic Safety Ujjal DosanjhTransport Mark HollandNatural Resources David McGuintyRevenue Martha Hall FindlayTrade Mark EykingHuman Resources Ken DrydenIntergovernmental Affairs Judy SgroLabour Carolyn Bennett 

For the sake of comparison, here’s how the Conservatives line-up along roughly the same positions.

Prime Minister Stephen HarperHouse Leader Jay HillFinance Jim FlahertyEnvironment Jim PrenticeDefence Peter MacKayForeign Affairs Lawrence CannonImmigration Jason KenneyIndian Affairs Chuck StrahlHeritage James MooreIndustry Tony ClementAgriculture Gerry RitzFisheries Gail SheaPublic Works Christian ParadisHealth Leona AglukkaqJustice Rob NicholsonPublic Safety Peter Van LoanTransport John BairdNatural Resources Lisa RaittRevenue Jean-Pierre BlackburnTrade Stockwell DayHuman Resources Diane FinleyIntergovernmentalAffairs Josee VernerLabour Rona Ambrose