As he gets set to name his cabinet on Thursday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has a relatively strong crop of MPs who are either first-time MPs or, like B.C.'s John Duncan, returning to the Commons after sitting out the Parliament. Today, we take a look at a few of the names that keep coming up in Ottawa gossip:
Here's the short version:
Stands a good chance:
Leona Aglukkaq (Nunavut – NU)
Gail Shea (Egmont – PE)
Lisa Raitt (Halton – ON)
Bob Dechert (Missississauga-Erindale – ON)
Keith Ashfield – (Fredericton – NB)
John Duncan – (Vancouver Island North – BC)
Stands an outside chance:
Lois Brown (Newmarket-Aurora ON)
Peter Kent (Thornhill – ON)
Shelley Glover (St. Boniface – MB)
Alice Wong (Richmond – BC)
John Weston (West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea-to-Sky Country – BC)
Rodney Weston (Saint John – NB)
Inside track into new cabinet?
DAVID AKIN CANWEST NEWS SERVICE
The Gazette
28 Oct 2008
OTTAWA – Nunavut’s Leona Aglukkaq and Prince Edward Island’s Gail Shea lead a group of rookie MPs who could join Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s cabinet later this week. Harper will name his new ministers on Thursday, Canwest News Service has…read more…
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When I clicked on “read more” I got this message:
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Fixed.
I wonder if critics will stop saying how thin the talent of PM Harper's front bench is. Their usual explanation is: “How many ministers can the average Canadian name?” as if in previous governments ministers were household names to the “average Canadian.”
Hmm, but something's not quite right. It takes about a minute rather than seconds to open up your site, or even just clicking on “reply.”
No changes at my end to cause it. Could it be the inclusion of a digital version of the Ottawa Citizen article?
:-/
But remember, I'm technically-challenged.
OK, everything seems copacetic – good excuse to use that weird word 😉
I'll try not to monopolize your site.