How the Fantino-Valcourt 'shufflette' played on Twitter

By Kady O'Malley, CBC News

Posted: Jul 5, 2012 12:52 PM ET

Last Updated: Jul 5, 2012 3:13 PM ET

Julian Fantino, left, takes over as minister responsible for the Canadian International Development Agency from Bev Oda, centre. Bernard Valcourt adds associate minister of defence to his ACOA responsibilities. (Canadian Press)

Julian Fantino to CIDA, a defence side-gig for Bernard Valcourt ... and that's all he wrote. Kady O'Malley looks at how the twitterverse reacted to Wednesday's "shufflette."

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