Liberal Party shadowy cabinet announced. Nobody cared.

Hon. Ralph Goodale
House Leader

Hon. Lucienne Robillard
Deputy House Leader

Hon. Karen Redman
Whip

Marcel Proulx
Deputy Whip

Céline Hervieux-Payette
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate

Jean-Claude D’Amours
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

Hon. Wayne Easter
Agriculture

Paul Zed
Cities and Communities

Tina Keeper
Canadian Heritage

(Keeper?  Heritage? Coinkidink!)

Claudette Tardif
Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate

Jim Cowan
Senate Whip

Hon. Mark Eyking
CIDA

Omar Alghabra
Citizenship and Immigration

(OK Omar!  Stand on guard for thee!)

Borys Wrzesnewskyj
Crown Corporations

Hon. Stephen Owen
Democratic Reform

(A.K.A. “Get us back in, lock the damn door, and throw away the freaking key”)

Marcel Proulx
Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec

David McGuinty
Environment

(“Green Guru” subordinate to the “Green Guru-in-Chief”)

Hon. Belinda Stronach
Competitiveness and the New Economy

(sounds so “modern”! Wonder if it means “socialist”!)

Hon. Daniel McTeague
Consumer Affairs and Consular Services

Ken Boshcoff
Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario

Hon. John McCallum
Finance

Hon. Raymond Chan
Foreign Affairs (Asia-Pacific)

Bonnie Brown

(Bonnie who’s that now?)

Health

Mike Savage
Human Resources and Skills

Hon. Irwin Cotler
Human Rights

(COTLER!)

Scott Simms
Fisheries and Oceans

Hon. Ujjal Dosanjh

(who sounds very much like a communist to me)

Foreign Affairs

Hon. Anita Neville
Indian Affairs

Hon. Scott Brison
Industry

(Particularly the industrial production of fancy pants)

Hon. Navdeep Bains
International Trade

Hon. Marlene Jennings
Justice

Raymonde Folco
La Francophonie & Official Languages

(huh?)

Mario Silva
Labour

Hon. Mauril Bélanger
Infrastructure

Bernard Patry
Intergovernmental Affairs

Hon. Denis Coderre
National Defence

Colleen Beaumier
Multiculturalism

Hon. Judy Sgro
National Revenue

(Are you paying attention Sheila Fraser?)

Don Bell
Pacific Gateway

Hon. Sue Barnes
Public Safety (including the Canadian Border Services Agency and Public Health)

Pablo Rodriguez
Public Works and Government Services

(official hirer of liberals to stuff every crack and crevice in Canada with liberals)

Mark Holland
Natural Resources

Hon. Larry Bagnell
Northern Affairs

Hon. Charles Hubbard
Rural Affairs

Hon. Maurizio Bevilacqua
Science and Research

Hon. Hedy Fry

(a fat lady)

Sport and Vancouver Olympics

Hon. Maria Minna
Status of Women

(Liberals are funny!)

Hon. Carolyn Bennett
Seniors, the Disabled and the Social Economy

(the WHAT economy??)

Ruby Dhalla
Social Development

Hon. Joe Volpe
Transport

(Step one: transport yourself back to Earth.  No don’t.)

Hon. Raymond Simard
Treasury Board

Hon. Albina Guarnieri
Veterans Affairs

Sukh Dhaliwal
Western Economic Diversification

Ray Bonin
National Caucus Chair