Ontario cabinet shuffle keeps culture minister, but brings inevitable delays

The good news, for Ontario magazines, is that at least the latest cabinet shuffle has left Aileen Carroll in place as culture minister.

The less good news is that the other changes in responsibility will inevitably result in lags in dealing with critical issues to magazines like the impact of the harmonized sales tax, blue box levies and the unfair subsidized competition of Food & Drink magazine with other food and beverage titles.

The usual excuse will be that the shuffled ministers will need to "read in" or be briefed in how these issues have an impact in their new or expanded portfolios. Result: delay and duplication of effort.