Marcus Kolga: Canada cannot afford to be placing its foreign policy in the hands of anyone other than the very best
Jane Philpott: Ask intelligent questions and truly declare your mind and your opinion, as you swore you would do
This group has more Ontarians and far less Prairie representation. And it’s just a little older, on average.
He touts his working relationship with Freeland, his new natural resources minister, and innovation in Alberta and Saskatchewan
The PM wisely avoided a stunt move like appointing an unelected Albertan. And he spoke of the energy industry with some overdue respect.
Shannon Proudfoot: The new minister of environment and climate change has a very hard job—and an intriguing background well suited to it
Paul Wells: The PM has created a multiply redundant federal cabinet where no one will have enough power to influence anything. How little things have changed.
The PM’s longest hug time went down by half between 2015 and 2019. Our hug-o-meter tells you exactly how long each hug was at the cabinet swearing-in ceremony.
John Geddes: Trudeau’s new deputy PM is about getting a job done behind closed doors, not winning over voters—least of all in Alberta