The new cabinet is loaded with malleable rookies and activists who are on board with the prime minister’s agenda
for trying to ram through changes to the Broadcasting Act that were widely criticized for being detrimental to free speech and failing to properly consult stakeholders about a proposed online harms bill that also had serious implications for free expression.
He will be joined in his crusade by former environment minister Jonathan Wilkinson, who previously made a career seeking handouts for green energy companies, and who now takes over at natural resources, a department that used to be responsible for promoting the development of Canadian resources, but will likely now be repurposed to further the government’s climate change goals.
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