John Baird to be new foreign affairs minister

The face of Canada abroad. Uh oh.

Terrible, terrible news.

If you dig deep enough, you can find a picture of almost everyone in a moment when they look crazy.

Since the election, I've seen him interviewed a couple of times and he has appeared intelligent, thoughtful and reasonable (most of all sane - not like that photo), so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

I like Baird. At least you know what your getting with him up front.

You are no fun at all.

I think the big tragedy here is that this will make Andy frightened.

good photo. that's a guy you want on your side.

Way far back in the corner on your side maybe. Not anywhere near diplomacy.

Well, it's a QP picture. If you have ever visited the House during Question Period, it's quite the theatre. Well worth a visit. If you are in Ottawa, contact your MP and you can get tickets in the good seats of the public gallery.

On Baird, it's a good move. He's a solid guy.

Donna Friesen tried to harpoon Baird on Global National tonight about the latest 3 Conservative senate appointments. But Baird was cool and quickly turned the tables on Freisen. He came off looking very competent. But don't kid yourself. Baird is a puppet and you can very nearly see Harper's hand up Baird's ass at every turn. I'd like to see a lot more of the John Baird I saw today instead of Harper's Luca Brasi thug-stooge that showed up to make a mockery of last spring's Ethics Committee hearings.

Puppet-team player. Terrorist- freedom fighter.

I hope he doesn't behave like in QP, yelling at foreign diplomats rarely gets you anywhere.

I'm not thrilled with the prospects but as usual hope to be pleasantly surprised.

QP and diplomacy are at opposite ends of the spectrum.

Does he have experience as a diplomat?