2 Cabinet Ministers Are Removed From Posts
CANADA
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Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, whose government is mired in increasingly serious allegations of sleaze and corruption, abruptly removed two ministers.
Defense Minister Art Eggleton lost his job after a newspaper revealed that an ex-girlfriend had been given a military contract for which there had been no open tender. He said there was nothing to the story but was forced to quit.
Public Works Minister Don Boudria was at the center of a furor over revelations that fat government contracts were awarded to friends of the Liberal Party. He was moved to a less sensitive post.
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