The Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, has constituted his news Cabinet which took oath of office on Wednesday. The new cabinet includes four Ministers of Indian origin. They are Navdeep Bains, Anita Anand, Harjit Singh Sajjan and Bardish Chagger. Anita Anand is the first time MP to be included in the Cabinet. Here's the complete list of the cabinet ministers:
- Chrystia Freeland - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
- Anita Anand - Minister of Public Services and Procurement
- Navdeep Bains - Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry
- Carolyn Bennett - Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
- Marie-Claude Bibeau - Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
- Bill Blair - Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
- Bardish Chagger - Minister of Diversity and Inclusion and Youth
- François-Philippe Champagne - Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Jean-Yves Duclos - President of the Treasury Board
- Mona Fortier - Minister of Middle Class Prosperity and Associate Minister of Finance
- Marc Garneau - Minister of Transport
- Karina Gould - Minister of International Development
- Steven Guilbeault - Minister of Canadian Heritage
- Patty Hajdu - Minister of Health
- Ahmed Hussen - Minister of Families, Children and Social Development
- Mélanie Joly - Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages
- Bernadette Jordan - Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
- David Lametti - Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
- Dominic LeBlanc - President of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada
- Diane Lebouthillier - Minister of National Revenue
- Lawrence MacAulay - Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence
- Catherine McKenna - Minister of Infrastructure and Communities
- Marco E. L. Mendicino - Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
- Marc Miller - Minister of Indigenous Services
- Maryam Monsef - Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development
- Bill Morneau - Minister of Finance
- Joyce Murray - Minister of Digital Government
- Mary Ng - Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade
- Seamus O’Regan - Minister of Natural Resources
- Carla Qualtrough - Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion
- Pablo Rodriguez - Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
- Harjit Sajjan - Minister of National Defence
- Deb Schulte - Minister of Seniors
- Filomena Tassi - Minister of Labour
- Dan Vandal - Minister of Northern Affairs
- Jonathan Wilkinson - Minister of Environment and Climate Change
Meanwhile, Justin Trudeau has asked
Jim Carr to serve as his special representative for the Prairies. Also,
Pablo Rodriguez will be assuming the responsibility of Quebec Lieutenant.
Below is the team that will work with all parties to make progress on the priorities that matter most to Canadians:
- Kirsty Duncan - Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
- Mark Holland - Chief Government Whip
- Ginette Petitpas Taylor - Deputy Government Whip
- Kevin Lamoureux - Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
The new list of Cabinet committees is as follows:
- Cabinet Committee on Agenda, Results and Communications
- Cabinet Committee on Operations
- Cabinet Committee on Global Affairs and Public Security
- Cabinet Committee on Reconciliation
- Cabinet Committee on Economy and the Environment
- Cabinet Committee on Health and Social Affairs
- Treasury Board
- Incident Response Group
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