Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled his new cabinet in Ottawa on Wednesday, after losing his parliamentary majority in last month’s election. The new lineup of ministers is as follows:
• Chrystia Freeland becomes deputy prime minister and minister of intergovernmental affairs
• Anita Anand becomes minister of public services and procurement
• Navdeep Bains remains minister of innovation, science and industry
• Carolyn Bennett remains minister of crown-indigenous relations
• Marie-Claude Bibeau remains minister of agriculture
• Bill Blair becomes minister of public safety and emergency preparedness
• Bardish Chagger becomes minister of diversity
• Francois-Philippe Champagne becomes minister of foreign affairs
• Jean-Yves Duclos becomes president of the Treasury Board
• Mona Fortier becomes minister of middle-class prosperity and associate minister of finance
• Marc Garneau remains minister of transport
• Karina Gould becomes minister of international development
• Steven Guilbeault becomes minister of heritage
• Patricia Hajdu becomes minister of health
• Ahmed Hussen becomes minister of families, children and social development
• Melanie Joly becomes minister of economic development and official languages
• Bernadette Jordan becomes minister of fisheries, oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
• David Lametti remains minister of justice and attorney general
• Dominic LeBlanc becomes president of the Privy Council
• Diane Lebouthillier remains minister of national revenue
• Lawrence MacAulay remains minister of veteran’s affairs and associate minister of national defence
• Catherine McKenna becomes minster of infrastructure and communities
• Marco Mendicino becomes minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship
• Marc Miller becomes minister of indigenous services
• Maryam Monsef becomes minster of women and gender equality, and rural economic development
• Bill Morneau remains minister of finance
• Joyce Murray becomes minister of digital government
• Mary Ng becomes minister of small business, export promotion and international trade
• Seamus O’Regan becomes minister of natural resources
• Carla Qualtrough becomes minister employment, workforce development and disability inclusion
• Pablo Rodriguez becomes government House leader
• Harjit Sajjan remains minister of national defence
• Deb Schulte becomes minister of seniors
• Filomena Tassi becomes minister of labour
• Dan Vandal becomes minister of northern affairs
• Jonathan Wilkinson becomes minister of environment and climate change
Non-ministerial appointments include:
• Jim Carr becomes special representative for the prairies
• Kirsty Duncan becomes deputy House leader
• Mark Holland remains chief government whip
• Ginette Petitpas Taylor becomes deputy government whip
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