Meet the new Heritage minister

Beverley Oda is the Minister of Canadian Heritage in the new Stephen Harper cabinet. As such, she is responsible for administering the government's magazine policy, including the Publications Assistance Program (PAP) and the Canada Magazine Fund. Oda, a former teacher and broadcaster, MP for Durham, and the Conservative heritage critic, has been heard to muse about the future of the CBC, which must give the Mother Corp some pause, but there is no indication, yet, that she's going to dismantle existing support mechanisms for magazines. She is one of the few women in the Harper cabinet.