The Mark Carney era begins with prime minister and new cabinet sworn in today

Catharine Tunney · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 14, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 infinitesimal ago

Liberal Leader Mark Carney volition officially go Canada's adjacent premier curate wrong a fewer hours, taking the reins arsenic the state barrels toward a wide predetermination and continues to fend disconnected verbal and economical attacks from U.S. President Donald Trump.

The erstwhile cardinal banker volition go Canada's 24th premier curate aft Governor General Mary Simon swears him successful astatine Rideau Hall successful Ottawa.

The swearing-in volition statesman astir 11 a.m. ET and CBC News volition person peculiar sum opening astatine 10 a.m. 

Outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau volition conscionable with Simon archetypal to resign and urge that she inquire the caller person to signifier a authorities and caller ministry.

After Carney is officially successful place, his furniture volition past instrumentality their oaths. 

Leaner furniture likely

The premier minister-designate is expected to signifier a leaner furniture than his predecessor, with a laser absorption connected safeguarding Canada's system during the commercialized war, negotiating with U.S. officials and upholding Canadian sovereignty arsenic Trump continues to telephone for Canada to articulation the U.S.

Trudeau's furniture was made up of 37 ministers, including himself. Sources with cognition of Carney's plans said his squad volition beryllium successful the scope of 15 to 20 portfolios.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is keeping her job, according to sources with cognition of the decision, and is besides taking responsibility for planetary development. Other cardinal players connected the Canada-U.S. relations file, similar Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne, are besides expected to enactment successful place. 

Carney has invited enactment rival Chrystia Freeland to beryllium transport minister, sources with cognition of the determination told CBC News. Karina Gould, who besides ran successful the enactment race, has not been offered a furniture post.

Sources with cognition of the determination told Radio-Canada that Public Services and Procurement Minister Jean-Yves Duclos volition not beryllium successful Carney's cabinet, nor volition International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen.

 Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, an ardent defender of the c tax, is being shuffled into a caller role. Carney has promised helium volition get escaped of the user c tax.

Guilbeault volition presume a larger relation of Quebec lieutenant (a relation formerly held by Duclos) and a caller portfolio that includes biodiversity and Canadian heritage, according to a root with cognition of the decision. 

Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree, who besides serves arsenic curate of northern affairs, is acceptable to go the justice curate and Canada's lawyer wide portion keeping his different portfolios, sources with cognition of the determination told CBC News. 

Several existent ministers, immoderate with portfolios expected to beryllium maintained adjacent successful a leaner cabinet, person said they won't tally successful the adjacent election. They see Justice Minister Arif Virani, Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge and, arsenic of Thursday, Health Minister Mark Holland. 

Election telephone expected soon 

The erstwhile Bank of Canada governor, who turns 60 connected Sunday, could clasp the rubric of premier curate for conscionable a substance of weeks arsenic helium is expected to telephone an predetermination soon.

It's wide believed he'll telephone an predetermination earlier March 24, erstwhile Parliament is scheduled to return, meaning Canadians would ballot successful precocious April oregon aboriginal May.

Carney does not clasp a spot successful the House of Commons. A root adjacent to Carney said a determination hasn't been made yet connected the riding wherever he'll beryllium the Liberal candidate.

Carney is expected to question to London and Paris adjacent week, according to sources with knowledge of the trip. It volition beryllium his archetypal authoritative travel arsenic premier minister.

The Carney epoch of Canadian authorities was triggered when Trudeau announced successful aboriginal January his volition to measurement down. The determination came pursuing a increasing caucus revolt and Freeland's resignation from cabinet.

At the time, the enactment was successful a heavy polling slump, trailing Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives by much than 20 points. Recent polling suggests the Liberals are bouncing back.

While lone a tiny magnitude of polling hs been conducted since Carney annihilated his opponents to triumph astatine Sunday's enactment convention, the CBC Poll Tracker suggests the spread betwixt the Conservatives and Liberals is closing.