The Liberals have named their shadow cabinet for the upcoming parliamentary session. Gerard Kennedy (who supported the copyright pledge) will be the Industry critic. Hedy Fry, who conducted roundtables on copyright over the summer, takes over as Canadian Heritage critic.
Liberals Name Shadow Cabinet
November 14, 2008
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Media blackout on this?
It’s Saturday and I can’t find any media articles posted yet about the Shadow Cabinet announcement, other than on Canwest. Usually this is supposed to be a bigger story, isn’t it?