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The unveiling of the new Liberal cabinet this Wednesday promises to be a who’s who affair. As in: “Who’s she?”

Much of the commentary has focused on the fate of so-called “star” candidates like former Canadian Forces lieutenant-general Andrew Leslie.

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But the more abiding impression likely to be left by the ceremony at Rideau Hall is the introduction to a flock of freshly minted ministers who are currently only household names in their own homes.

The art of cabinet-making means the timber is sourced from all across the country, and from all creeds and cultures.

As such Northern Ontario will have to be represented, most probably by Patty Hajdu (pronounced “high-dew”), the former executive director of Shelter House in Thunder Bay.

Southwestern Ontario will have to have a seat at the table, so the chatter is that someone like Kate Young, a former TV anchor and newly elected MP for London West, will get a position.