I’ve been watching, like you, the early days of the Liberal government in Canada. I wasn’t a Harper hater, like those I saw wearing Stop Harper badges, but I was concerned about the lack of transparency and the unwillingness to respond to media questions.  The attraction for me to the PCs was the strength of their cabinet. But as those men and women saw defeat looming, they were headed out to do something else.

I am not as confident with the Liberal cabinet – time will tell. I see Hunter Tootoo – was the minister of education (with the social services portfolio) in Iqaluit, so I worked with him…not the most positive experience.

But I did like the symbolism of Trudeau taking his cabinet members on a bus and then walking on to the grounds of Rideau Hall together – very smart way to demonstrate being a team. Let’s see if that’s how it works out.

The declaration of taking 25000 Syrian refugees in by year end is probably impossible to process both at the front line and to settle into communities. After meeting with Chris Alexander the previous minister of citizenship and immigration, it will be interesting to see how this next chapter unfolds.

I did like Trudeau’s response to the question about why he had so many women in his cabinet: “…because it’s 2015….”

Great line.

I’m sure in a few years we’ll be voting them out too…because that’s what we do.