Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced and swore in his new cabinet yesterday in Ottawa, and just as in 2015, he ensured it was "gender-balanced," with 50% female ministers. Media noted that it was a more subdued ceremony than 2015's, likely to to the fact that Trudeau's government holds a minority of seats in Parliament, hence, is a "minority government."
Foreign Affairs Minster Chrystia Freeland has moved to serving as Minister for Intergovernmental Affairs in this new cabinet, while also serving as Deputy Prime Minister, a position he revived after it was eliminated in 2006.
It is believed the Alberta-born Freeland will use her post at Intergovernmental Affairs to sooth ongoing tensions in Alberta and other western provinces, which have increasingly felt alienated from the Federal government, which is seen as catering more to eastern provinces.
Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna will be removed from that ministerial role and replaced by Fisheries and Coast Guard Minister Jonathan Wilkinson. McKenna will take on the role of Minister of Infrastructure and Communities.
Other ministers included: Foreign Affairs: Francois-Phillippe Champagne, Natural Resources: Seamus O'Reagan, Canadian Heritage: Steven Guilbeault, Indigenous Services: Marc Miller, Transport: Marc Garneau, Public Safety: Bill Blair, Justice/Attorney General: David Lametti, Treasury Board President: Jean-Yves Duclos, Gov't House Leader: Pablo Rodriguez, Fisheries, Oceans, and Coast Guard: Bernadette Jordan.
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