In this file photo taken on February 6, 2019 the Canadian flag flies over the Canadian Rockies at the Canmore Nordic Center in Canmore, Canada. AFP / Don Emmert
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