To start off, is a story titled Shock and awe, Tory Style. The headline alone is a shell-game, since it makes reference to the invasion of Iraq. Yet the story is about cabinet picks. The headline is clearly intended to influence readers in a negative way, with a baseless argument.

Next, the article claims that Vic Toews is some kind of surprise to be chosen Justice Minister:

Similarly, Harper defiantly put Manitoba's former attorney-general, Vic Toews, in the key justice minister post where he'll preside over law-and-order priorities — even if Toews did plead guilty last year to breaking provincial election laws.

The guy's been the Justice portfolio critic for the last 5 years, and this comes as a surprise? Toews, who basically wrote the Tory justice platform, being promoted is not "defiant". It's comon sense. Nobody else was ever really considered for the job. No alternatives mentioned in the media. The guy has all the credentials in the world for the job. And giving him the job of Minister of Justice is "defiant"?!

Then comes this beautiful tie-together:

Toews is also in hurry-up mode, wasting no time telling reporters yesterday he intends to hold public hearings to choose the next justice for the Supreme Court of Canada. "That would be my preference to have some kind of a public hearing that respects the independence of the judiciary and I would like to see that in place as soon as possible," he said. The new justice minister, a vocal opponent of same-sex marriage and critic of judicial activism, dismissed Liberal criticism that he will tilt the federal justice department sharply to the right.