Danielle McCann became the first Canadian politician to pay a price for the handling of the coronavirus pandemic
The surprise shuffle came as Quebec registered its first day since March without a single reported COVID-19 death.Quebec’s health minister became the first Canadian politician to pay a price for the handling of the coronavirus pandemic as Premier François Legault shuffled Danielle McCann out of one of the government’s most important cabinet seats.
Ms. McCann, a former nursing director, was health minister from the inception of the Legault government 21 months ago. Christian Dubé, a former business and finance executive, moves from the Treasury portfolio to replace her. Ms. McCann is now responsible for higher education. Mr. Legault also named a new deputy minister of health, Dominique Savoie, to replace Yvan Gendron. Ms. Savoie was brought in mid-pandemic as a trouble-shooter. The Premier credits her with dealing with the shortage of personal protective equipment and co-ordinating better resource sharing in the health department.
Several other cabinet minsters changed jobs in the shuffle. Simon Jolin-Barrette, the architect of Quebec’s controversial ban on religious symbols in some public service jobs, becomes Justice Minister where his tasks will include overseeing the government’s response to court challenges under way against the law.
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