Defense shuffle: Trudeau taps former police chief for top role

The face of Canada’s military and rising star leaves portfolio behind

Anand is taking what could be considered a promotion or a lateral move to a department respected in Ottawa but generally unidentifiable to Canadians outside the capital.The Opposition Conservatives saw it as a clear demotion, with the party’s leader Pierre Poilievre describing it as “more disrespect for women in Justin Trudeau’s cabinet.”

“I don’t think he covered himself in glory in his previous jobs, so people may be looking to him as having a soft touch,” he said. “That might mean people who have been resisting change will resist it further within the military.” With a penchant for acquiring tough files that call for blabbing problems away, Blair’s government career trajectory has been a rollercoaster ride — even recently engulfed in scandal.

“Blair should have been sacked for politically interfering,” tweeted Conservative defense critic James Bezan Wednesday. “But Trudeau gave him a promotion instead.”

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