Mr. Michael Wernick at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

On February 21st, 2019. See this statement in context.

February 21st, 2019 / 1:20 p.m.

Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office

That will get into the logic of a cabinet shuffle.

I don't think this is a big secret. The resignation of Scott Brison created a vacancy at Treasury Board. The problem that was presented to the Prime Minister was to replace the President of the Treasury Board, maintain a Nova Scotia person in cabinet and maintain gender balance. Those were the deliberations that took place in the first week of January.

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