Prime Minister Mark Carney has unveiled his new cabinet at a swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall Tuesday morning.
Some notable changes include dropping Bill Blair from cabinet and naming David McGuinty to the role of defense minister. Jonathan Wilkinson has also been removed from cabinet. He was replaced by Tim Hodgson, a business executive from Toronto who worked with Carney during his time at the Bank of Canada, who will now serve as the minister of natural resources and energy.
McGuinty was recently in charge of public safety, which is now being headed by former justice minister Gary Anandasangaree. Sean Fraser is the new justice minister and Attorney General of Canada.
Chrystia Freeland is keeping her role in transport and will also oversee internal trade.
Heath MacDonald is the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, and Marjorie Michel will be Minister of Health. Steven MacKinnon is the leader of government in house of commons.
The finance minister remains as Francios Phillipe Champagne. Dominic LeBlanc is the minister of Canada-US trade, Intergovernmental Affairs, and One Canadian Economy.
Melanie Joly has been moved to the Industry portfolio, and Anita Anand is minister of Foreign Affairs.
Patty Hajdu is in charge of Jobs and Families, while Steven Guilbeault takes on Official Languages.
Meanwhile, Buckley Belanger, the only Liberal MP from Saskatchewan, will be the Secretary of State for Rural Development.
The full list:
- Shafqat Ali, President of the Treasury Board
- Rebecca Alty, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
- Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Public Safety
- François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance and National Revenue
- Rebecca Chartrand, Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs and Minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
- Julie Dabrusin, Minister of Environment and Climate Change
- Sean Fraser, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
- Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Transport and Internal Trade
- Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages
- Mandy Gull-Masty, Minister of Indigenous Services
- Patty Hajdu, Minister of Jobs and Families and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario
- Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
- Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
- Dominic LeBlanc, President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs and One Canadian Economy
- Joël Lightbound, Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement
- Heath MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
- Steven MacKinnon, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
- David J. McGuinty, Minister of National Defence
- Jill McKnight, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence
- Lena Metlege Diab, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
- Marjorie Michel, Minister of Health
- Eleanor Olszewski, Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada
- Gregor Robertson, Minister of Housing and Infrastructure and Minister responsible for Pacific Economic Development Canada
- Maninder Sidhu, Minister of International Trade
- Evan Solomon, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
- Joanne Thompson, Minister of Fisheries
- Rechie Valdez, Minister of Women and Gender Equality and Secretary of State (Small Business and Tourism)
Secretaries of State are appointed as follows:
- Buckley Belanger, Secretary of State (Rural Development)
- Stephen Fuhr, Secretary of State (Defence Procurement)
- Anna Gainey, Secretary of State (Children and Youth)
- Wayne Long, Secretary of State (Canada Revenue Agency and Financial Institutions)
- Stephanie McLean, Secretary of State (Seniors)
- Nathalie Provost, Secretary of State (Nature)
- Ruby Sahota, Secretary of State (Combatting Crime)
- Randeep Sarai, Secretary of State (International Development)
- Adam van Koeverden, Secretary of State (Sport)
- John Zerucelli, Secretary of State (Labour)
