Cabinet talk has Murray off to a rumour-flying start

by The Globe and Mail — February 8, 2010

Having held on to their Toronto Centre stronghold in last Thursday's by-election, Ontario Liberal MPPs were presumably able to make it through last night's Super Bowl party without gang-tackling Premier Dalton McGuinty.

That may yet prove their inclination, though, if Mr. McGuinty immediately hands a plum job to the newest addition to their caucus.

It's a foregone conclusion around Queen's Park that Glen Murray, a former Winnipeg mayor who moved to Ontario six years ago, will wind up in cabinet sooner or later. He himself was less than subtle in hinting at that fate while he was campaigning for George Smitherman's old seat, although he publicly denies any deal was in place with Mr. McGuinty.

The question is how long Mr. Murray will have to bide his time.

The rumour last week, before the votes in Toronto Centre had even been counted, was that Mr. Murray wouldn't have to wait very long at all. Sources suggested that Infrastructure - a previously separate ministry that was paired with Energy in 2007 to create a new mini-empire for Mr. Smitherman - would quickly be split off again and handed to Mr. Murray.

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