Gordon O Connor: Prime Minister Stephen Harper

Prime Minister Stephen Harper: As The Canada first reported Sunday, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty , Treasury Board President Tony Clement and Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird all kept their portfolios in the shuffle. Three former ministers Peter Kent, Gordon O Connor and Steven Fletcher were dropped from cabinet, according to Huffington Post. After the swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall, Harper said the new cabinet provides "generational change" with a "good mixture of some young and promising talent we have in our caucus and some experienced hands." Prime Minister Stephen Harper brought eight fresh faces into cabinet Monday including four new women but kept his front bench pretty much intact in the biggest shuffle since winning government in 2006. As expected, Harper promoted several younger MPs to help the Tories navigate the last half of their majority mandate and carry the party into the 2015 election. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.