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Message: Harper Shakes Up Environment Portfolio We have been waiting expectantly all morning to see how Harper would restructure his cabinet. Of course, what we really wanted to see was how delicately or indelicately Sheila Rhona Ambrose would be cut from the Environment portfolio. The minister who famously said: “We could shut all the lights off in Canada tomorrow, but that still wouldn’t be enough,” she said. “To reach our Kyoto target, we’d have to shut off all the lights and shut down the entire agriculture industry.” was out of her league and as the environment became more critical to politics in this country, Stephen Harper knew it. Putting John Baird in the role of Environment Minister indicates just how important the Conservatives think the position is. But are they too late? The Liberals have stolen the issue by selecting former Environment Minister, Stephane Dion, as the leader of the Liberal Party. By putting Ambrose in the role to begin with, Harper illustrated just how little interest he had in an issue that most Canadians rate next to health care in importance. We know as an Albertan he is unlikely to put any restrictions on that province’s oil and gas industry. Now, his mostly symbolic action may be too little, too late. www.corporateknightsforum.com