Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has shuffled his cabinet after a week of turmoil, which started with the resignation of former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland and former Housing Minister Sean Fraser from cabinet and escalated with Liberal MPs calling for Trudeau to step down.
The week culminated with the NDP, the last opposition party to consistently support the minority Liberals in confidence votes, saying they will drop their support to bring down the government minutes after the announcement of the new cabinet.
Here are five takeaways from Trudeau’s cabinet shuffle on Dec. 20.
8 New Faces
There are eight new MPs entering cabinet, many of whom are backbencher MPs….