Prime Minister Mark Carney announced his new cabinet this week.
“Canadians elected this new government with a strong mandate to define a new economic and security relationship with the United States, to build a stronger economy, to reduce the cost of living, and to keep our communities safe. This focused team will act on this mandate for change with urgency and determination..
“The new government will act to catalyze investment and build a new Canadian economy – one that creates higher-paying careers, raises incomes, and can withstand future shocks. They will work in collaboration with provinces, territories, and Indigenous peoples to advance the nation-building investments that will support the government’s core mission of building one strong, united economy – the strongest economy in the G7,” the prime minister said in an official statement.
The new cabinet is as follows:
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 Privy Council, 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
Gregor Robertson, Minister of Housing and Infrastructure, and Minister responsible for Pacific Economic Development
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)
The cabinet will be supported by 10 secretaries of state who will provide leadership on key issues and priorities within their ministers’ portfolios’ stated the prime minister.
The new secretaries of state are:
Buckley Belanger, Rural Development
Stephen Fuhr, Defence Procurement
Anna Gainey, Children and Youth
Wayne Long, Canada Revenue Agency and Financial Institutions
Stephanie McLean, Seniors
Nathalie Provost, Nature
Ruby Sahota, Combatting Crime
Randeep Sarai, International Development
Adam van Koeverden, Sport
John Zerucelli, Labour
PM Mark Carney at a campaign stop at Pier 21. Newly named Justice Minister Sean Fraser is in the background. The Notebook
