{"id":809,"date":"2006-02-22T20:28:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-23T01:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=809"},"modified":"2006-02-22T20:28:00","modified_gmt":"2006-02-23T01:28:00","slug":"5-oclock-shadow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=809","title":{"rendered":"5 O’Clock Shadow"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Liberals announced their Shadow Cabinet <\/a>today and I guess you can call it an “evening shadow”, since the 26 man Tory Cabinet has given birth to a shadow Cabinet of well over 40 individuals. Throw in the helper monkeys and it seems that over 85 Liberals MPs now have tasks; you’ve got to wonder how the 15 or 20 who got snubbed are feeling right now.<\/p>\n

All in all, I like it. Big names in the big portfolios, but almost everyone has been given something new to signify a “new start”. Among the Highlights:<\/p>\n

Leadership Contenders<\/strong>
Maurizio Bevilacqua – Competitiveness and the New Economy
Joe Volpe – Treasury Board (I’m not sure how wise it was to put “Mr. 100$ Pizza” as the Treasury Board critic)
Belinda Stronach – Transport (from what we hear, it’s a very complicated critic portfolio)
Ken Dryden – Health
Scott Brison – Environment
Stephane Dion – Foreign Affairs
Joe Fontana – Science and Research
Carolyn Bennett – Social Development
Denis Corderre – Economic Development
John Godfrey – Intergovernmental Affairs
Dominic LeBlanc – International Trade (him and Heddy get to tag team against Emerson)<\/p>\n

The Snub<\/strong>
Michael Ignatieff becomes Geoff Regan’s assistant at Human Resources and Skills. So the Liberal Party feels Belinda Stronach is competent enough to run <\/em>the department but that Michael Ignatieff isn’t ready to be its critic. Ouch.<\/p>\n

Big Hitters<\/strong>
Jean Lapierre – Industry
Ralph Goodale – House Leader
Irwin Cotler – Public Safety (which puts him up against Stockwell Day)
Ujjal Dosanj – National Defense<\/p>\n

Big Promotion<\/strong>
Sue Barnes – Justice
John McCallum – Finance ( good choice)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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