The
now-former Heritage Minister, James Moore, was replaced with Shelly Glover as
the new Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages during yesterday’s
federal government cabinet shuffle.
Minister
Glover, a Métis, is the Member of Parliament for the riding of Saint-Boniface in
Manitoba
Her profile
says that “Prior to entering federal politics, Mrs. Glover served as a member of
the Winnipeg Police Service for almost 19 years. She had a diverse career in a
variety of positions including undercover work, child abuse investigations,
youth crime and gang investigations, and general patrol. Mrs. Glover has a high
level of proficiency in the French language and was the first female and
bilingual spokesperson appointed by her
department”.
While we
welcome Minister Glover to her new post, you will notice that there is nothing
in her profile which would lead anyone to believe that she will be sympathetic
to the genealogy community, the Library and Archives Canada, or the 1921
Canadian Census (and its release), as was the impression given by her
predecessor Minister Moore, who is now the new Minister of Industry.
But time will
tell ...
