the media has a hate on for dion, but he's popular in his riding and seems to legitimately enjoy being an mp. i don't recall a single media source even mentioning him for cabinet, and then he lands one of the most important roles. whether the media likes it or not, he's well respected in the party and likely to continue to play a prominent role. sending him to france may make the dipshits at ctv news happy, but i can't imagine the party even contemplating it.

i'm hoping they turf jim carr.

you'll notice that a lot of the speculation is around women. this is a real concern, in adjusting to trump instead of clinton, although i'm not sure how best to approach it. i would also suspect that they're going to need to avoid sending certain types of minorities to washington for the next couple of years. it's realpolitik. and, i'm sure everybody can agree that it's better than getting ignored. that might mean that harjit sajjan could be in for a new role.

freeland will do well wherever you put her. but, i actually think that the best way to approach a reanalysis of nafta is to send somebody a little more left-leaning. i don't think that the uncritically pro-trade rhetoric is accurate when applied to either trudeau or the liberals; remember that freeland is on the right wing of the party. if we're getting a chance to open this up, i'd rather they send somebody with a more skeptical approach towards trade to do it. but, is there anybody still around or are they all gone, now?

http://ipolitics.ca/2017/01/09/freelands-the-one-to-watch-in-trudeau-cabinet-shuffle/