BREAKING: Carney keeps Chrystia Freeland in cabinet as Minister of Transport and Internal Trade
Her appointment ends speculation that the longtime Liberal minister was on her way out following the election.
Chrystia Freeland will remain in cabinet under Prime Minister Mark Carney, taking on the position of Minister of Transport and Internal Trade. Her appointment ends speculation that the longtime Liberal minister was on her way out following the election.
The cabinet marks the prime minister’s second cabinet overall—but his first since winning a mandate. The new cabinet features a smaller team compared to the previous government under Justin Trudeau. The cabinet is also, notably, is not gender neutral, as was done under Trudeau.
Carney retained several familiar names from Trudeau’s team, including Dominic LeBlanc, Melanie Joly, Francois-Philippe Champagne, and Anita Anand. Freeland, who previously served as deputy prime minister and finance minister, joins this core group of senior ministers.
The new cabinet includes 24 new appointments such as Shafqat Ali, Jill McKnight, Tim Hodgson, Eleanor Olszewski, Mandy Gull-Masty, Joël Lightbound, Gregor Robertson, former CBC journalist Evan Solomon, Wayne Long, and Nathalie Provost. Thirteen of these individuals are newly elected MPs.
Alongside 24 ministers—11 women and 13 men, including the prime minister—Carney appointed 10 secretaries of state, nine of whom are new. These junior members will support specific issues and government-wide decisions but will not attend all major cabinet meetings or committees.
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)