Carney's new cabinet moves Anand to foreign affairs, McGuinty into defence portfolio, Joly to industry

A fewer months ago, Sean Fraser and Anita Anand were some readying to permission governmental life. Now they some person large caller furniture portfolios.

Anand, the caller overseas affairs minister, and Fraser, the caller justness minister, had some announced they would not tally again arsenic MPs. But they changed their minds with Carney’s arrival. (Anand during the Liberal enactment contention and Fraser afterward.)

Our workfellow David Cochrane dubbed them the "Freedom 25" caucus connected our CBC-TV special, quipping that erstwhile the Liberals were down 25 points, they were out, but erstwhile the party's fortunes were revived, they decided to tally again.

Both held aggregate furniture roles nether Justin Trudeau.

Regional economical improvement portfolios return

Carney has brought backmost the 7 determination improvement agencies that we saw successful Trudeau’s past cabinet, positive that caller rubric for LeBlanc.

Here’s the database of ministers assigned with a determination portfolio:

• Rebecca Chartrand (Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency)
• Sean Fraser (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency)
• Patty Hajdu (Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario)
• Mélanie Joly (Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions)
• Eleanor Olszewski (Prairies Economic Development Canada)
• Gregor Robertson (Pacific Economic Development Canada)
• Evan Solomon (Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario)
• Dominic LeBlanc (One Canadian Economy)

A fewer ministers staying successful their roles

Several ministers are staying successful the roles they had successful Carney’s archetypal cabinet.

• François-Philippe Champagne remains concern minister.
• Chrystia Freeland keeps the transport portfolio.
• Steven Guilbeault is inactive successful complaint of Canadian individuality and civilization and authoritative languages.
• Dominic LeBlanc is overseeing Canada-U.S. commercialized (more focused than his planetary commercialized portfolio past time, but fundamentally the aforesaid gig). He besides remains president of the King’s Privy Council.
• Joanne Thompson stays astatine fisheries.

Carney isn’t conscionable putting his stamp connected authorities by selecting his ain harvest of ministers, he’s besides renamed immoderate portfolios. It’s a motion of what his government’s priorities volition be.

The gag successful Ottawa is that Dominic LeBlanc is the "minister of everything." That remains the lawsuit successful Carney's cabinet, wherever helium volition play a cardinal relation dealing with Trump and delivering Carney’s economical agenda.

His caller rubric is president of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and curate liable for Canada-U.S. Trade, intergovernmental affairs and 1 Canadian economy.

Alberta's Eleanor Olszewski is the caller curate of exigency absorption and assemblage resilience.

Toronto MP Evan Solomon volition person a caller role: curate of artificial quality and integer innovation.

From captious minerals to attacks connected sovereignty, Canada’s Far North has ne'er been much important. While defending the Arctic is simply a defence issue, it’s absorbing that Rebecca Chartrand has been made curate of Northern and Arctic affairs.

Carney’s furniture has 28 ministers and 10 secretaries of authorities (people who person circumstantial roles, but aren’t needfully connected to a peculiar department).

Twenty-four are caller ministers, and 13 of them are first-time MPs.

Here’s the afloat list:

• Shafqat Ali, President of the Treasury Board
• Rebecca Alty, Minister of Crown-Indigenous relations
• Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Public Safety
• François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance and National Revenue
• Rebecca Chartrand, Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs; and Minister liable for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
• Julie Dabrusin, Minister of Environment and Climate Change
• Sean Fraser, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada; and Minister liable for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
• Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Transport and Internal Trade
• Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture; and Minister liable for Official Languages
• Mandy Gull-Masty, Minister of Indigenous Services
• Patty Hajdu, Minister of Jobs and Families; and Minister liable for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario
• Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
• Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry; and Minister liable for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
• Dominic LeBlanc, President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada; and Minister liable for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs and One Canadian Economy
• Joël Lightbound, Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement
• Heath MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
• Steven MacKinnon, Leader of the Government successful the House of Commons
• David J. McGuinty, Minister of National Defence
• Jill McKnight, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence
• Lena Metlege Diab, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
• Marjorie Michel, Minister of Health
• Eleanor Olszewski, Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience; and Minister liable for Prairies Economic Development Canada
• Gregor Robertson, Minister of Housing and Infrastructure; and Minister liable for Pacific Economic Development Canada
• Maninder Sidhu, Minister of International Trade
• Evan Solomon, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation; and Minister liable for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
• Joanne Thompson, Minister of Fisheries
• Rechie Valdez, Minister of Women and Gender Equality; and caput of authorities (small concern and tourism)

Secretaries of State:

• Buckley Belanger, caput of authorities (rural development)
• Stephen Fuhr, caput of authorities (defence procurement)
• Anna Gainey, caput of authorities (children and youth)
• Wayne Long, caput of authorities (Canada Revenue Agency and fiscal institutions)
• Stephanie McLean, caput of authorities (seniors)
• Nathalie Provost, caput of authorities (nature)
• Ruby Sahota, caput of authorities (combatting crime)
• Randeep Sarai, caput of authorities (international development)
• Adam van Koeverden, caput of authorities (sport)
• John Zerucelli, caput of authorities (labour)

Swearing-in ceremonial starting

'Y'en a qui sont en maudit,' says Chrétien

Former premier curate Jean Chrétien besides conscionable walked up the Rideau Hall driveway up of the ceremony. Speaking to our workfellow Catherine Cullen, Chrétien said furniture swearing-ins are ne'er casual for those who are near out.

"Y'en a qui sont contents, y'en a qui sont en maudit," Chrétien said successful French, utilizing a Quebec look to accidental that immoderate are blessed and immoderate are upset.

The erstwhile premier curate besides called Carney's authorities a "virtual majority," with 170 seats — conscionable abbreviated of the 172 needed for a majority.

A batch of emotions today, says erstwhile lawman main of staff

Brian Clow, erstwhile lawman main of unit to Justin Trudeau, told the CBC’s Rosemary Barton that it’ll beryllium an affectional time for the 11 furniture ministers who’ve been dropped.

“It is complicated,” Clow said. “You’re making dreams and crushing dreams.”

In a furniture that has to equilibrium determination practice from seashore to seashore to coast, it’s absorbing to spot 3 MPs from Brampton, Ont., getting into furniture oregon being named caput of states.

(They are Ruby Sahota, Maninder Sidhu and Shafqat Ali.)

The portion had been a Liberal stronghold, but the Conservatives made gains successful the caller election.

Some different notable names chopped from Carney's cabinet

There are astir 11 ministers who were successful that transitional furniture Carney enactment unneurotic who person been cut.

They see Defence Minister Bill Blair, Treasury Board President Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Environment Minister Terry Duguid and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson.

Housing Minister Nate Erskine-Smith has been dropped, arsenic has Agriculture Minister Kody Blois.

Procurement Minister Ali Ehsassi and Democratic Institutions Minister and House person Arielle Kayabaga, arsenic mentioned, had abbreviated stints successful furniture and are present out.