Baird moves to House leader as Harper shuffles cabinet
This entry was posted on Friday, August 6th, 2010 and is filed under First Nations.
John Baird is moving to the key position of government House leader in a federal cabinet shuffle announced Friday by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Baird, who has served in three different cabinet posts —Treasury Board, Environment and Transport — replaces the retiring Jay Hill.
Chuck Strahl steps in for Baird as transport, infrastructure and communities minister while John Duncan replaces Strahl as minister of Indian affairs and northern development.
Strahl was also first elected as a Reform party MP in 1993, and represents the British Columbia riding of Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon. He has served as agriculture minister and most recently, as the Indian affairs and northern development minister.
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