Carney fills out team with 39 parliamentary secretaries

Catharine Tunney · CBC News

· Posted: Jun 05, 2025 1:41 PM EDT | Last Updated: June 5

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the squad that volition enactment him and his furniture arsenic his number authorities tries to fulfil its mandate during tumultuous economic times. 

The database of 39 parliamentary secretaries see a fistful of Liberal MPs who erstwhile served successful furniture but were dropped aft Carney's triumph connected April 28.

Parliamentary secretaries are not furniture ministers, but they assistance ministers and secretaries of state. They're often tasked with supporting them successful the House, during the legislative process and successful making announcements. 

The occupation comes with a $20,200 bump connected apical of their MP wage of $209,800.

"Canada's new parliamentary caput squad volition present connected the government's mandate for change, working collaboratively with each parties successful Parliament to physique the strongest system successful the G7, beforehand a caller information and economical concern with the United States and assistance Canadians get ahead," said Carney successful a statement.

Here are the the caller parliamentary secretaries:

• Toronto MP Karim Bardeesy becomes parliamentary secretary to the curate of industry.
• Nova Scotia MP and onetime Liberal person hopeful Jaime Battiste becomes parliamentary caput to the curate of Crown-Indigenous relations.
• Former migration curate and Montreal MP Rachel Bendayan becomes parliamentary caput to the premier minister
• Former agriculture curate and Nova Scotia MP Kody Blois also becomes parliamentary caput to the premier minister. 
• P.E.I. MP Sean Casey becomes parliamentary caput to the curate of veterans affairs and subordinate curate of nationalist defence.
• Quebec MP Sophie Chatel becomes parliamentary caput to the curate of agriculture and agri-food.
• Quebec MP Madeleine Chenette becomes parliamentary caput to the curate of Canadian individuality and civilization and curate liable for authoritative languages, and parliamentary caput to the caput of authorities for sport.
• Toronto MP Maggie Chi becomes parliamentary secretary to the curate of health.
• Toronto MP Leslie Church becomes parliamentary secretary to the secretaries of authorities for labour, seniors, and for children and youth, positive parliamentary caput to the curate of jobs and families (persons with disabilities).
• Quebec MP Caroline Desrochers becomes parliamentary caput to the curate of lodging and infrastructure.
• Former procurement curate and Toronto MP Ali Ehsassi becomes parliamentary secretary to the president of the King's Privy Council for Canada and curate liable for Canada-U.S. trade.
• Former Treasury Board president and Ottawa MP Mona Fortier becomes parliamentary caput to the curate of overseas affairs.
• Ontario MP Peter Fragiskatos becomes parliamentary caput to the curate of immigration.
• Toronto MP Vince Gasparro becomes parliamentary caput to the caput of authorities of combating crime.
• Vancouver MP Wade Grant becomes parliamentary caput to the curate of situation and clime change.
• Quebec MP Claude Guay becomes parliamentary caput to the curate of vigor and earthy resources.
• Calgary MP Corey Hogan also becomes parliamentary caput to the curate of vigor and earthy resources.
• Yukon MP Brendan Hanley becomes parliamentary caput to the curate of bluish and Arctic affairs.
• Montreal MP Anthony Housefather becomes parliamentary caput to the curate of exigency absorption and assemblage resilience.
• Nova Scotia MP Mike Kelloway becomes parliamentary caput to the curate of transport and interior trade.
• British Columbia MP Ernie Klassen becomes parliamentary caput to the curate of fisheries.
• Quebec MP Annie Koutrakis becomes parliamentary caput to the curate of jobs and families.
• Manitoba MP Kevin Lamoureux becomes parliamentary caput to the person of the authorities successful the House of Commons.
• Quebec MP Patricia Lattanzio becomes parliamentary caput to the curate of justness and lawyer wide of Canada.
• Manitoba MP Ginette Lavack becomes parliamentary caput to the curate of Indigenous services.
• Quebec MP and erstwhile provincial furniture curate Carlos Leitão becomes parliamentary caput to the curate of industry.
• Ontario MP Tim Louis becomes parliamentary caput to the president of the King's Privy Council for Canada and curate liable for intergovernmental affairs and "One Canadian Economy."
• Ontario MP Jennifer McKelvie becomes parliamentary caput to the curate of lodging and infrastructure.
• Montreal MP Marie-Gabrielle Ménard becomes parliamentary caput to the curate of women and sex equality and caput of authorities for tiny concern and tourism
• New Brunswick MP David Myles becomes parliamentary caput to the curate of Canadian individuality and civilization and curate liable for authoritative languages, and parliamentary caput to the caput of authorities for nature.
• Ottawa MP Yasir Naqvi becomes parliamentary caput to the minister of planetary commercialized and parliamentary caput to the caput of authorities for planetary development.
• Vancouver MP Taleeb Noormohamed becomes parliamentary caput to the curate of artificial quality and integer innovation.
• Toronto MP Rob Oliphant becomes parliamentary caput to the curate of overseas affairs.
• Newfoundland and Labrador MP Tom Osborne becomes parliamentary caput to the president of the Treasury Board.
• Quebec MP Jacques Ramsay becomes parliamentary caput to the curate of nationalist safety.
• Ontario MP Pauline Rochefort becomes parliamentary caput to the caput of authorities for agrarian development.
• Quebec MP Sherry Romanado becomes parliamentary caput to the curate of nationalist defence.
• Former families, children and societal improvement curate and Ottawa MP Jenna Sudds becomes parliamentary caput to the curate of procurement and parliamentary caput to the caput of authorities for defence procurement.
• Ontario MP Ryan Turnbull becomes parliamentary caput to the curate of concern and nationalist gross and parliamentary caput to the caput of authorities for the Canada Revenue Agency and fiscal institutions.

Carney besides announced that Quebec MP Élisabeth Brière will service arsenic lawman main authorities whip and Ontario MP Arielle Kayabaga, who concisely served arsenic the authorities House person during the predetermination period, will service arsenic lawman person of the authorities successful the House of Commons.