Prime Minister Stephen Harper shuffled a couple of cabinet posts August 6th -- promoting a backbencher to the Indian Affairs Department and shifting two veterans. Harper said the changes were necessary. (Outspoken John Baird became government House leader, Chuck Strahl replaced him as transport minister and backbencher John Duncan took over as Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.)

Date: 2010-08-06
Placeline: OTTAWA, Ontario.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 12 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << one thing has become abundantly clear our economic action plan needs time to run its course Canada cannot afford to interrupt the screen shoot of a recovery with an unnecessary election >>

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