The new Liberal cabinet was announced this
afternoon. It is gender balanced – 18 women, 18 men – and it includes
seven new faces.
However, the real indication of the
government’s direction and strategy for survival will be signaled by the
priorities announced in the Throne Speech on December 5th. Stay tuned!
Below is a list of the new 36 member cabinet:
- Intergovernmental affairs – Chrystia Freeland
- Public Services and Procurement – Anita Anand
- Innovation, Science and Industry – Navdeep Bains
- Indigenous-Crown Relations – Carolyn Bennett
- Agriculture and Agri-Food – Marie-Claude Bibeau
- Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness – Bill Blair
- Minister of Diversity and Inclusion and Youth – Bardish Chaggar
- Foreign Affairs – Francois-Philippe Champagne
- President of Treasury Board – Jean-Yves Duclos
- Middle Class Prosperity – Mona Fortier
- Transport – Marc Garneau
- International Development – Karina Gould
- Canadian Heritage – Steven Guilbeault
- Health – Patty Hajdu
- Families, Children and Social Development – Ahmed Hussen
- Economic Development and Official Languages – Melanie Joly
- Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard – Bernadette Jordan
- Justice and Attorney General – David Lametti
- President of Queen’s Privy Council for Canada – Dominic LeBlanc
- National Revenue – Diane Lebouthillier
- Veterans Affairs – Lawrence MacAulay
- Infrastructure and Communities – Catherine McKenna
- Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship – Marco Mendicino
- Indigenous Services – Marc Miller
- Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development – Maryam Monsef
- Finance – Bill Morneau
- Digital Government – Joyce Murray
- Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade – Mary Ng
- Natural Resources – Seamus O’Regan
- Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion – Carla Qualtrough
- Government House Leader – Pablo Rodriguez
- National Defence – Harjit Sajjan
- Seniors – Deb Schulte
- Labour – Filomena Tassi
- Northern Affairs – Dan Vandal
- Environment and Climate Change – Jonathan Wilkinson
For more information, please contact:
Barry Campbell: barry@campbellstrategies.com
T: 416-368-7353 x 101
Paul Brown:
paulb@campbellstrategies.com
T:
416-368-7353 x 103
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