Trudeau shuffles cabinet as his Liberal government faces new election threat [Video]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is adding eight fresh faces to his cabinet in a shuffle today, though they may not have much time in those new roles after all.

Just before Trudeau moved to shore up his front bench Friday, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh declared he is finally ready to vote down the government and attempt to trigger a snap election in the new year — though Parliament won’t return for a month and he may not get that chance until March.

Trudeau is moving to shore up his struggling government by plugging gaps in his front bench after several cabinet ministers decided not to run in the election next year.

Trudeau is not moving around the biggest players on his team, though he will add an associate minister of public safety into the mix.

The prime minister is lifting from his back bench Brampton, Ont. MP Ruby Sahota, St. …