Prime minister Justin Trudeau has taken the wraps of his inner circle ahead of the new parliament starting November 22nd.
Chrystia Freeland remains deputy prime minister and Minister of Finance, and Marie-Claude Bibeau retains the agriculture portfolio.
The big change was procurement minister Anita Annand replacing Harjit Sajjan as Minister of Defence.
Alberta will get a seat at the table, as Edmonton Centre MP Randy Boissonnault is the new Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance.
The new Cabinet consists of the Prime Minister and 38 ministers and there is an equal number of women and men. (CJGX)
The new Cabinet is appointed as follows:
Chrystia Freeland remains Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
Omar Alghabra remains Minister of Transport
Anita Anand becomes Minister of National Defence
Carolyn Bennett becomes Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health
Marie-Claude Bibeau remains Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
Bill Blair becomes President of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Emergency Preparedness
Randy Boissonnault becomes Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance
François-Philippe Champagne remains Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry
Jean-Yves Duclos becomes Minister of Health
Mona Fortier becomes President of the Treasury Board
Sean Fraser becomes Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
Karina Gould becomes Minister of Families, Children and Social Development
Steven Guilbeault becomes Minister of Environment and Climate Change
Patty Hajdu becomes Minister of Indigenous Services and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario
Mark Holland becomes Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Ahmed Hussen becomes Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion
Gudie Hutchings becomes Minister of Rural Economic Development
Marci Ien becomes Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth
Helena Jaczek becomes Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
Mélanie Joly becomes Minister of Foreign Affairs
Kamal Khera becomes Minister of Seniors
David Lametti remains Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
Dominic LeBlanc becomes Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities
Diane Lebouthillier remains Minister of National Revenue
Lawrence MacAulay remains Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence
Marco E. L. Mendicino becomes Minister of Public Safety
Marc Miller becomes Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
Joyce Murray becomes Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
Mary Ng becomes Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development
Seamus O’Regan Jr. becomes Minister of Labour
Ginette Petitpas Taylor becomes Minister of Official Languages and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Carla Qualtrough remains Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion
Pablo Rodriguez becomes Minister of Canadian Heritage and remains Quebec Lieutenant
Harjit S. Sajjan becomes Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada
Pascale St-Onge becomes Minister of Sport and Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec
Filomena Tassi becomes Minister of Public Services and Procurement
Dan Vandal becomes Minister of Northern Affairs, Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada, and Minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
Jonathan Wilkinson becomes Minister of Natural Resources
