Canada's new industry minister swaps one tricky file for another

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government brought in a rising political star to handle the sensitive issues of telecommunications policy and foreign takeovers on Monday, naming James Moore as industry minister as part of a wider cabinet shuffle. Moore, 37, will be the Conservative government's point person on whether to allow foreign enterprises to buy domestic companies. This would give him a crucial role if outsiders were try to take over smartphone maker BlackBerry, a Canadian innovation success story now fallen on hard times. ...

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