Bains, Rodriguez expected to leave ISED, Heritage portfolios in new cabinet, says rumour mill

By Christopher Guly

Will a new ISED minister mean a 3500 MHz auction delay?OTTAWA – Innovation, Science and Economic Development and Heritage Canada could new ministers when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveils his new cabinet on November 20.The rumour mill has Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna replacing Navdeep Bains, whose deft handling of complicated telecom and technology files earned him respect from within those industries.“I think she can do it. She managed to skate through environment without getting her head lopped off, so she must know what she’s doing,” said John Lawford, executive director and general counsel of the Ottawa-based Public...