MONTREAL - Quebec premier François Legault is scheduled to announce a major cabinet shuffle on Wednesday, hoping that new blood can help turn around his party's fortunes with the next provincial election just over a year away.

The cabinet shuffle and Legault's decision to prorogue the legislature for two weeks until the end of September are attempts to flip the script on his party's lagging popularity.

"This will be an opportunity to give new momentum to the government team and make room for new ideas to advance the government's priorities," the premier's office told reporters last week.

Details of the cabinet changes have been largely kept under wraps, but some veterans announced of their own accord this week they wouldn't be returning.

On Tuesday, Public Security Minister François Bo

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