{"id":1640,"date":"2008-11-03T11:55:29","date_gmt":"2008-11-03T18:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=1640"},"modified":"2008-11-03T11:56:12","modified_gmt":"2008-11-03T18:56:12","slug":"harpers-2008-cabinet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2008\/11\/03\/harpers-2008-cabinet\/","title":{"rendered":"Harper’s 2008 cabinet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, Stephen Harper announced his new cabinet<\/a>. Here are my thoughts.<\/p>\n

1. When Stephen Harper took power in 2006, he reduced the cabinet<\/a> from the Liberal’s 37 ministers to 26, the smallest in recent years. All this in an effort “to promote accountable, efficient and effective government?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00c4\u00f9more focus and purpose; less process and cost”.<\/p>\n

2. His new cabinet is back up to 37<\/a>. Does this mean there is now less focus and purpose?<\/p>\n

3. The new cabinet will cost nearly $4 million more than the previous cabinet?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00c4\u00f9a 19% increase from prior to the election and a two-fifths increase since Harper’s first cabinet.<\/p>\n

4. The new cabinet has the first ever Inuk minister.<\/p>\n

5. Harper added three women ministers. Up from 21% in 2006<\/a> to roughly 27% today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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