Carney's cabinet swearing-in underway, featuring 24 new faces
- Smaller, focused cabinet is Prime Minister Mark Carney's second — but his first since being elected.
- The 24 new names include Shafqat Ali, Jill McKnight, Tim Hodgson, Eleanor Olszewski, Mandy Gull-Masty, Joël Lightbound, Gregor Robertson, Evan Solomon, Wayne Long and Nathalie Provost.
- Thirteen are newly elected MPs. There are 10 secretaries of state, nine of whom are new faces.
- Carney's first cabinet was composed of 24 ministers — 11 women and 13 men, including himself. Trudeau's last cabinet had 39 when sworn in.
- There will be a core group of senior ministers and a secondary group of more junior ministers, with smaller groups of staff and no new ministry created for them.
- The swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall is underway. Carney isn't expected to speak until after the ceremony, around 1:40 p.m. ET.
- Michael Woods
Several ministers are staying in the roles they had in Carney’s first cabinet.
- François-Philippe Champagne remains finance minister.
- Chrystia Freeland keeps the transport portfolio.
- Steven Guilbeault is still in charge of Canadian identity and culture and official languages.
- Dominic LeBlanc is overseeing Canada-U.S. trade (more focused than his international trade portfolio last time, but essentially the same gig). He also remains president of the King’s Privy Council.
- Joanne Thompson stays at fisheries.
- Catharine Tunney
Dominic LeBlanc's new title is president of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, intergovernmental affairs and one Canadian economy. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press) Carney isn’t just putting his stamp on government by selecting his own crop of ministers, he’s also renamed some portfolios. It’s a sign of what his government’s priorities will be.
The joke in Ottawa is that Dominic LeBlanc is the "minister of everything." That remains the case in Carney's cabinet, where he will play a key role dealing with Trump and delivering Carney’s economic agenda.
His new title is president of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, intergovernmental affairs and one Canadian economy.
Alberta's Eleanor Olszewski is the new minister of emergency management and community resilience.
Toronto MP Evan Solomon will have a new role: minister of artificial intelligence and digital innovation.
From critical minerals to attacks on sovereignty, Canada’s Far North has never been more important. While defending the Arctic is a defence issue, it’s interesting that Rebecca Chartrand has been made minister of Northern and Arctic affairs.
- Michael Woods
Carney’s cabinet has 28 ministers and 10 secretaries of state (people who have specific roles, but aren’t necessarily connected to a particular department).
Twenty-four are new ministers, and 13 of them are first-time MPs.
Here’s the full 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 responsible 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 responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
- Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Transport and Internal Trade
- Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture; and Minister responsible for Official Languages
- Mandy Gull-Masty, Minister of Indigenous Services
- Patty Hajdu, Minister of Jobs and Families; and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario
- Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
- Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry; and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
- Dominic LeBlanc, President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada; and Minister responsible 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 in 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 responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada
- Gregor Robertson, Minister of Housing and Infrastructure; and Minister responsible for Pacific Economic Development Canada
- Maninder Sidhu, Minister of International Trade
- Evan Solomon, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation; and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
- Joanne Thompson, Minister of Fisheries
- Rechie Valdez, Minister of Women and Gender Equality; and secretary of state (small business and tourism)
Secretaries of State:
- Buckley Belanger, secretary of state (rural development)
- Stephen Fuhr, secretary of state (defence procurement)
- Anna Gainey, secretary of state (children and youth)
- Wayne Long, secretary of state (Canada Revenue Agency and financial institutions)
- Stephanie McLean, secretary of state (seniors)
- Nathalie Provost, secretary of state (nature)
- Ruby Sahota, secretary of state (combatting crime)
- Randeep Sarai, secretary of state (international development)
- Adam van Koeverden, secretary of state (sport)
- John Zerucelli, secretary of state (labour)
- Verity Stevenson
Mark Carney is shown at the cabinet swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press) People are seated in the Rideau Hall ballroom and the MPs who are part of this new government's cabinet have just walked in to applause.
- Verity Stevenson
Arriving for the swearing-in of Prime Minister Mark Carney's new cabinet in Ottawa on Tuesday, former prime minister Jean Chrétien told those being appointed as new ministers and secretaries of state to do their best with the responsibilities they've been given.
Former prime minister Jean Chrétien also just walked up the Rideau Hall driveway ahead of the ceremony. Speaking to our colleague Catherine Cullen, Chrétien said cabinet swearing-ins are never easy for those who are left out.
"Y'en a qui sont contents, y'en a qui sont en maudit," Chrétien said in French, using a Quebec expression to say that some are happy and some are upset.
The former prime minister also called Carney's government a "virtual majority," with 170 seats — just short of the 172 needed for a majority.
- Jayden Dill
Brian Clow, former deputy chief of staff to Justin Trudeau, told the CBC’s Rosemary Barton that it’ll be an emotional day for the 11 cabinet ministers who’ve been dropped.
“It is complicated,” Clow said. “You’re making dreams and crushing dreams.”
- Catharine Tunney
In a cabinet that has to balance regional representation from coast to coast to coast, it’s interesting to see three MPs from Brampton, Ont., getting into cabinet or being named secretary of states.
(They are Ruby Sahota, Maninder Sidhu and Shafqat Ali.)
The region had been a Liberal stronghold, but the Conservatives made gains in the recent election.
- Catharine Tunney
Former minister of national defence Bill Blair in Ottawa in 2024. (Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press) There are about 11 ministers who were in that transitional cabinet Carney put together who have been cut.
They include 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, as has Agriculture Minister Kody Blois.
Procurement Minister Ali Ehsassi and Democratic Institutions Minister and House leader Arielle Kayabaga, as mentioned, had short stints in cabinet and are now out.
- Jayden Dill
London West MP Arielle Kayabaga, who served as House leader for less than two months, is out of cabinet. (Andrew Lupton/CBC News) Good morning, I’m a reporter with the parliamentary bureau’s digital team. London West MP Arielle Kayabaga is out of cabinet after serving as House leader for less than two months. Kayabaga thanked the prime minister for the opportunity to sit at the cabinet table and congratulated her colleagues in a post on X.
- Michael Woods
I’m a senior producer with the parliamentary bureau’s digital team. All the ministers-to-be have now arrived at Rideau Hall and, as sources had told CBC News, new ministers make up more than half of Carney’s team. Of the 24 new faces joining cabinet, 13 were elected as MPs for the first time in the election last month. Here’s the full list of new faces:
- Shafqat Ali
- Jill McKnight
- Maninder Sidhu
- Heath MacDonald
- Tim Hodgson
- Marjorie Michel
- Eleanor Olszewski
- Rebecca Alty
- Mandy Gull-Masty
- Julie Dabrusin
- Lena Metlege Diab
- Joël Lightbound
- Gregor Robertson
- Rebecca Chartrand
- Evan Solomon
- Wayne Long
- John Zerucelli
- Randeep Sarai
- Anna Gainey
- Stephanie McLean
- Buckley Belanger
- Stephen Fuhr
- Adam van Koeverden
- Nathalie Provost
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