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Liberals Unveil New Shadow Cabinet

By Michael Geist

Two months after naming their last shadow cabinet, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff today unveiled a revised (and slimmed down) shadow cabinet.  The opposition critics in the two areas with the strongest link to technology issues have changed - the new Liberal opposition critic for Industry, Science and Technology is Mark Garneau (replacing Gerard Kennedy, who moves to Infrastructure, Communities and Cities), while the Liberal opposition critic for Canadian Heritage is Pablo Rodriguez (replacing Hedy Fry, who has been dropped from the ranks of opposition critics).  The Garneau appointment is particularly noteworthy, both for the fact that the Liberals are linking Industry with Science and Technology as well as for Garneau's stated views on the issue (including copyright, which he has acknowledged generated considerable discussion in his riding and has called for broad consultation).

Full post as published by Michael Geist on January 22, 2009 (boomark / email).