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Scenes from a cold day for a cabinet shuffle

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tapped eight new MPs to join cabinet in a Dec. 20 shuffle that also saw five minister leave cabinet, and four get new assignments. —The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade The Hill Times

Like it or not, the die is cast

Justin Trudeau’s graceless dithering in the face of the obvious that his time is up sets up two possibilities. The possibility of an ugly rebellion that will force him out, or a non-confidence vote that will trigger an election.

My crazy Christmas conspiracy

My Christmas conspiracy theory is that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau decided—long before his dramatic split with former cabinet minister Chrystia Freeland—to resign his position, and that he also has a successor in mind: Mélanie Joly.