New faces, new jobs in store for revamped cabinet
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper will promote some key MPs and infuse his cabinet with new ones today in a sweeping shuffle that will launch his new government.
Harper appears poised to make room for more women by expanding his cabinet, which currently includes only seven females among 31 members. Government officials said the prime minister will create four junior ministers' positions and give two of them to star women rookies.
Lawrence Cannon is expected to be promoted to foreign affairs, while some long-serving MPs will be rewarded with posts, including Jason Kenney at immigration.
But the overhaul will not touch the two most senior economic portfolios as the minority Conservatives seek to project stability in the face of a global economic storm. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and Industry Minister Jim Prentice will stay where they are.
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