Stephen Harper
Cabinet shuffle pre-shuffle information
There’s been a lot of speculation in Ottawa this week about the imminent cabinet shuffle as a number of ministers have announced their retirement from federal…
Peter Kent
7 posts on Peter Kent from Stephen Taylor's archive of Canadian political commentary.
Foreign Affairs and Defence
Green Foreign Aid
This week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper named former broadcaster Peter Kent to his cabinet and handed him the environment portfolio and an excuse to wear more…
Parliament of Canada
The New Cabinet
Today at Rideau Hall, Prime Minister Stephen Harper elevated three MPs to cabinet and gave one cabinet minister a new job. Peter Kent becomes the new minister…
US Politics
The inauguration of the 44th President of the United States
I’ve been back in Ottawa for about 36 hours after making the trip to Washington DC to observe the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the…
Stephen Harper
Liveblogging the cabinet shuffle
9:52AM: Rob Nicholson, Gail Shea, Leona Aglukkaq, Peter Kent and Peter van Loan, Chuck Strahl show up to Rideau Hall 9:52AM: And Christian Paradis, Jim…
Stephen Harper
Cabinet facts and speculation
See my final cabinet speculation here Tomorrow, Prime Minister Stephen Harper will name his new cabinet at Rideau Hall at 10:30am. There is a lot of…
Conservative Party of Canada
Peter Kent running
We’ve known about this one for a few weeks, but today it became official. Peter Kent, former anchor of the national news on CBC, and former Global television…