Prime Minister Stephen Harper

The Cabinet Shuffle Dept: 2Except in Ottawa, where the fairest month is primarily a time to speculate about the entrails of power. Who's up, who's down and who's out in the cabinet shuffle expected before the fall session?, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Conservative insiders expect this remix will be substantial, as the government seeks to re-calibrate following a first year in majority during which it was repeatedly buffeted by controversy, ministerial missteps and scandal. Though the final roster will remain known only to the PM and perhaps his wife and chief of staff until shortly before it is unveiled, a few names recur and vic Toews to retire? CNS THE OTTAWA CITIZEN This season, as in the past, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is holding his cards preternaturally close to his vest. He is expected, however, to put a new face on the government beginning in early August with a deputy minister shuffle, then continuing in late August or September at the ministerial level. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.