Cabinet Shuffles: Stephen Harper

Stephen Harper: For all the breathless claims the biggest realignment of ministers in recent years, the infusion of youth, the ascent of women the new cabinet is about the messengers, not the message. , according to Times Colonist. But Harper isnt interested in change. He thinks the problem is packaging. Stephen Harper has done what all prime ministers do when their governments are in trouble: rearrange faces. Historically, cabinet shuffles are more style than substance, and here the prime minister honours a venerable tradition. Had Harper wanted to signal a shift on reducing the deficit, he would have dropped Jim Flaherty, an able public servant. Had he wanted a shift in foreign policy less harsh rhetoric, less megaphone diplomacy he would have dropped John Baird. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.