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CBC: Prime Minister Trudeau adds 8 new MPs to cabinet, changes the roles of 4 others

 

Current ministers changing jobs

  • Anita Anand remains minister of transport, but adds the internal trade portfolio.
  • Gary Anandasangaree remains minister of Crown-Indigenous relations and northern affairs, and becomes minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency.
  • Steven MacKinnon becomes minister of employment, workforce development and labour.
  • Ginette Petitpas Taylor becomes president of the Treasury Board.

New ministers joining cabinet:

  • Rachel Bendayan: Minister of Official Languages and Associate Minister of Public Safety

Bendayan was first elected to the House of Commons in a 2019 federal byelelction in the riding of Outremont following the resignation of former NDP leader Tom Mulcair. Before being elevated to her cabinet post she served as Freeland's parliamentary secretary. 

  • Élisabeth Brière: Minister of National Revenue 

Brière was first elected to the House of Commons in the 2019 federal election for the Quebec riding of Sherbrooke. She previously served as the parliamentary secretary to Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Jenna Sudds  and to the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health Ya'ara Saks. 

  • Terry Duguid: Minister of Sport and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada

Duguid was first elected to the House of Commons in the 2015 federal election in the Manitoba riding of Winnipeg South. Before taking on his new role, Duguid served as Trudeau's parliamentary secretary. 

  • Nathaniel Erskine-Smith: Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities

Erskine-Smith was first elected to the House of Commons for the Toronto riding of Beaches—East York in the 2015 federal election. Erskine-Smith has a reputation for being an outspoken and contrarian MP who is unafraid to take a stand on issues that may fall out of line with his government. Erskine-Smith has sat on multiple committees including Public Accounts, Industry and Technology and Canada—China relations. 

  • Darren Fisher: Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence

Fisher is also a class of 2015 MP, entering the House of Commons to represent the Nova Scotia riding of Dartmouth—Cole Harbour. Fisher previously served as a member of National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, NSICOP. The committee, composed of MPs and senators from various parties, reviews highly classified information and provides advice to government.

  • David McGuinty: Minister of Public Safety

McGuinty was first elected in the Ontario riding of Ottawa South in the 2004 federal election. McGuinty has been the chair of NSICOP since its inception in November of 2017. McGuinty has also served on multiple parliamentary committees. 

  • Ruby Sahota: Minister of Democratic Institutions and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario.

Sahota was first elected in the 2015 federal election to represent the Ontario riding of Brampton North. Before joining the cabinet table she served as the chief government whip and sat on multiple committees. 

  • Joanne Thompson: Minister of Seniors

Thompson is one of the newest Liberal MPs to join the cabinet having been elected in the 2021 federal election for the Newfoundland and Labrador riding of St John's East. Thompson has been a member of the finance committee as well as the environment and government operations committees. 


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