Your Team Iggy starting line-up

Posted without comment for the moment. Some attempt at analysis to follow after some consideration now offered below.

Intergovernmental Affairs Michael IgnatieffHouse Leader Ralph GoodaleDeputy House Leader Marlene JenningsWhip Rodger CuznerDeputy Whip Marcel Proulx Finance John McCallumForeign Affairs Bob RaeDefence Denis CoderreEnvironment & Energy David McGuintyHealth Carolyn BennettIndustry, Science & Technology Marc GarneauPublic Safety & National Security Mark HollandNatural Resources Geoff ReganJustice and Attorney-General Dominic LeBlancInternational Trade Scott BrisonPublic Works and Government Services Martha Hall FindlayIndian Affairs Todd RussellArctic Issues & Northern Development Larry BagnellTransport Joe VolpeInfrastructure, Communities and Cities Gerard KennedyCitizenship & Immigration Maurizio Bevilacqua     Veterans Affairs, Seniors & Pensions Judy Sgro   National Revenue Yasmin Ratansi     Fisheries & Oceans Gerry Byrne    Atlantic Gateway and Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Jean-Claude D’AmoursCanadian Heritage & Official Languages Pablo RodriguezLabour Maria Minna Treasury Board, Consumer Affairs and Consular Affairs Dan McTeagueHuman Resources & Skills Development Mike Savage  Status of Women Anita NevilleAgriculture, Agri-food and Canadian Wheat Board Wayne Easter Asia-Pacific Gateway & Western Economic Development  Sukh Dhaliwal   Youth & Multiculturalism Ruby Dhalla            Amateur Sport, Health Promotion and the Vancouver Olympics Keith Martin    Economic Development Agency for Regions of Quebec Alexandra Mendes         International Cooperation Glen Pearson         La Francophonie Raymonde Folco

Various thoughts of varying relevance.

1. Denis Coderre is a suitable rejoinder to Peter MacKay and perhaps he has some political value as a Quebec lieutenant, but would Prime Minister Michael Ignatieff entrust his military to him?

2. Bob Rae v. Maxime Bernier might’ve been one of the more glaring mismatches in modern Parliamentary history, but how confident is the Prime Minister feeling about Lawrence Cannon’s chances right now?

3. Most of their strongest performers are here, but a lot of who you might consider the usual suspects. I count only three rookies (Kennedy, Garneau, Mendes). And I can think of a few new and newish Liberals who might’ve made interesting additions (Rob Oliphant, Siobhan Coady, Scott Simms) in the place of some suspects.

4. The science file now pits an astronaut against a chiropractor. 

5. On international trade, Scott Brison and Stockwell Day could have some entertaining debates.

6. Nice to see Mark Holland and Peter Van Loan get to renew hostilities. 

7. Same for Wayne Easter and Gerry Ritz, the latter having once wished hilarious death upon the former.

8. No Irwin Cotler?