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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveils new Liberal cabinet

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Prime Minister Trudeau announced his cabinet this afternoon.

While some ministers remain with their previous portfolios, others received promotions, including a pair of local MPS.

 

The members of the Cabinet are:

  • Chrystia Freeland becomes Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
  • Anita Anand becomes Minister of Public Services and Procurement
  • Navdeep Bains becomes Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry
  • Carolyn Bennett remains Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
  • Marie-Claude Bibeau remains Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
  • Bill Blair becomes Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
  • Bardish Chagger becomes Minister of Diversity and Inclusion and Youth
  • François-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 Canadian Heritage
  • Patty Hajdu becomes Minister of Health
  • Ahmed Hussen becomes Minister of Families, Children and Social Development
  • Mélanie 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 of Canada
  • Dominic LeBlanc becomes President of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada
  • Diane Lebouthillier remains Minister of National Revenue
  • Lawrence MacAulay remains Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence
  • Catherine McKenna becomes Minister of Infrastructure and Communities
  • Marco E. L. Mendicino becomes Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
  • Marc Miller becomes Minister of Indigenous Services
  • Maryam Monsef becomes Minister for 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 of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion
  • Pablo Rodriguez becomes Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
  • 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

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