There have been so many lacklustre performances by those late of the services as MND--Andy Mcnaughton (Andrew Leslie's paternal grandfather), Gilles Lamontagne, Paul Hellyer, Douglas Harkness, George Pearkes, Allan McKinnon, C.M. "Bud" Drury, Gord O'Connor and Gordon Churchill come to mind--that Andrew might do better to steer of it. Only Layton Ralston and Brooke Claxton (Andrew's maternal grandfather) might be said to have stood out. (Like Andrew, five of these ministers were late of the artillery.) Andrew has a master's degree from the London School of Economics in conflict studies, so I would argue that the best fit for him would be Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Marc Garneau might be a good fit for defence; a sailor has never had the post.