The source said the shuffle will be ‘internal to the existing cabinet,’ meaning no new ministers will be brought in
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to shuffle the federal cabinet on Friday as he looks to fill the void left by the resignation of Jody Wilson-Raybould, a senior government source confirmed Thursday evening.
A small number of ministers will change roles, the source said, primarily so that the Department of Veterans Affairs will have a dedicated minister again. She also testified that she held firm in her conviction not to intervene in the case, telling Trudeau at one point that she would strongly advise him against interfering with her functions as attorney general.
Trudeau has denied that the SNC-Lavalin affair had anything to do with Wilson-Raybould’s being moved out of the justice portfolio in January. That shuffle was precipitated by former Treasury Board president Scott Brison’s decision to leave politics.
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