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Harper names 4 BC MPs to new cabinet

Four B.C. MPs are in the new federal cabinet.

As posted on the Prime Minister's website, they include two veterans and two newcomers.

James Moore (Port Moody-Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam) continues as Minister for Canadian Heritage, and John Duncan (Vancouver Island North) remains Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.

Alice Wong (Richmond) is now Minister of State for Seniors. Ed Fast (Abbotsford) is Minister for International Trade.

Crawford Kilian is a contributing editor of The Tyee.

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