I thought Garneau would have been Foreign Affairs. Really surprised at that. He's the best of the Liberal bench and would have been excellent at Foreign Affairs.
Amarjit Sohi is the Edmonton MP who was appointed. Of the 2 choices from up here, he was the one with a demonstrated track record of being effective, at least at the civic level.
Paula Simons had a good summary of each of the MP chances in a recent article.
http://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/c...abinet-chances