Editing Peter MacKay (section)

===Minister of Justice and Attorney General===
On July 15, 2013, the cabinet was shuffled, and Mackay became the [[Minister of Justice (Canada)|Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada]], replacing [[Rob Nicholson]], who took over the defence portfolio.<ref name="Harper cabinet shakeup">{{cite news | url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/harper-adds-8-new-faces-in-major-cabinet-shakeup-1.1307385 | title=Harper adds 8 new faces in major cabinet shakeup | publisher=CBC | date=July 16, 2013 | access-date=May 14, 2018}}</ref>

On March 5, 2014, MacKay generated controversy when, in response to opposition Liberal MP Kevin Lamoureux, he tossed documents purporting to concern the issue of missing and murdered Aboriginal women onto the floor of the House of Commons.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tempers-flare-on-eve-of-report-into-missing-and-murdered-aboriginal-women-1.2561475 Tempers flare on eve of report into missing and murdered aboriginal women – Politics – CBC News]. Cbc.ca (March 6, 2014). Retrieved on 2015-10-14.</ref> The following week, he apologized to the Commons for his outburst.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://metronews.ca/news/halifax/969520/peter-mackay-apologizes-for-throwing-documents-about-murdered-missing-aboriginal-women/|title=Peter MacKay apologizes for throwing documents about murdered, missing Aboriginal women|work=Metro News|date=March 12, 2014|access-date=2023-12-01|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320213858/http://metronews.ca:80/news/halifax/969520/peter-mackay-apologizes-for-throwing-documents-about-murdered-missing-aboriginal-women/|archivedate=March 20, 2014}}</ref>