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In political news today, a rather exciting day considering we are still in the summer session. The Liberal Party has released a statement announcing Ralph Goodale’s replacement. David McGuinty, brother of Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, will take the position this fall when Ralph Goodale is promoted to Deputy Leader of the party.
This may sound like pretty standard news, unless you recall that the Conservatives have chosen John Baird to replace Jay Hill as their House leader. John Baird is a seemingly hard enough man to get along with, and now we have McGuinty who already has a history with Baird.
Both men are from Ottawa, and McGuinty served as Environment critic when Baird held the Environment portfolio. McGuinty’s Premier brother also had several conflicts with Baird when he still served in former Ontario Premier Mike Harris’ cabinet.
Also, at the municipal level, McGuinty backed former Ottawa mayor Bob Chiarelli, who was defeated by incumbent Larry O’Brien, who had Conservative support. Chiarelli is now a member of Dalton McGuinty’s provincial cabinet, after winning a provincial by-election. The two also had opposing viewpoints over a proposed light rail link in Ottawa.
With these changes in the Liberal party comes MP Justin Trudeau’s promotion to Citizenship and Immigration critic!
These changes will undoubtedly create even more tension in the House, as we hurtle dangerously close to an election.
