Rumours are flying that Vic Toews, Minister of Whatever-The-Hell-He-Was-Shuffled-Out-Of-Justice-To, will soon be appointed as a federal judge in Manitoba…or not.

While some will cry about patronage, anything that gets Vic Toews out of Ottawa can’t be that bad, so I don’t have a huge problem with this. What it does mean is that, after nine months of non-stop election speculation, the media will soon move on to their second favourite topic – cabinet shuffle speculation!