Justin Pierre James Trudeau: Cabinet maker

Election night probably seems months
back now, Prime Minister elect
Justin Trudeau takes office on
Wednesday and announces his cabinet

It perhaps is a trade he learned a the knee of his father, a long standing maker of cabinets, with a keen eye for the selection of just the right material to make the completed project a sturdy piece of political furniture.

Tomorrow is Cabinet Day in Canada (TM and suitable musical theme pending for the CBC) where it appears the major Canadian news networks will be focused on just who wanders up the path to power in a fall Ottawa morning.

With television cameras set to record the day's events starting with the walk of the cabinet members at 9:45 AM to Rideau Hall in Ottawa (perhaps a new Canadian tradition), all that seems missing is for someone to deliver the bouquet of roses for this Canadian political equivalent of The Bachelor.

The Prime Minister has already stated that his cabinet will be one of equity, with a sharing of space around the cabinet table to be equally shared between women and men.

Some have wondered if that blue print may leave a number of valuable members sitting outside the cabinet room doors by the time Wednesday afternoon rolls around.

If so, you can probably find some of the disconsolate souls burning off some testosterone at the House of Commons fitness facility as Cabinet Day turns into night.

The pre cabinet rumination has provided for no shortage of opinions as to how Prime Minister Trudeau will address regional balances, fill some of the key portfolios and make for a mix of new faces and a few familiar names, most likely at some of the more important ministries.

Some of the themes of cabinet making can be found below.

Justin Trudeau's cabinet is the shape of things to come
Justin Trudeau's cabinet will carry a wealth of life experience
Trudeau focuses on generational change, balance in cabinet
Trudeau's new tone starts with making ministers walk
New Liberal cabinet ministers have pressing files waiting for them
Trudeau unlikely to pick many Toronto cabinet ministers: experts
Cabinet making: How a PM picks his team (video)
Expect a Liberal cabinet full of unknowns if Trudeau keeps got to pick more women
Trudeau cabinet should be based on merit, not gender
What about Bob? Rae almost guaranteed a role in Trudeau government, insiders say
Quebec to be well represented in Trudeau cabinet
How Justin Trudeau picked his new cabinet
Trudeau's proposal to appoint senators on merit looks promising
Trudeau's cabinet to be smaller and more diverse