Prime Minister Trudeau adds 8 new MPs to cabinet, changes the roles of 4 others

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will announce eight new cabinet ministers Friday and change the roles of at least four others in a cabinet shuffle designed to ensure the government can function properly, CBC News has learned. 

Shuffle comes days after Chrystia Freeland resigned suddenly as finance minister

CBC News Special: Trudeau shuffles cabinet

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Chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton and Power & Politics Host David Cochrane anchor special coverage of the Liberal cabinet shuffle.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will announce eight new cabinet ministers Friday and change the roles of four others in a cabinet shuffle designed to ensure the government can function properly, CBC News has learned. 

The shuffle comes days after former deputy prime minister and finance minister Chrystia Freeland resigned suddenly, spurring an emboldened movement within the Liberal caucus to push Trudeau out of the leadership. 

One senior government source told CBC News the timing and size of the shuffle should not be taken as a signal that the prime minister has made up his mind about his future, adding Trudeau is still “reflecting” on his position.

Current ministers changing jobs

  • Anita Anand remains minister of transport, but adds the internal trade portfolio.
  • Gary Anandasangaree remains minister of Crown-Indigenous relations and northern affairs, and becomes minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency.
  • Steven MacKinnon becomes minister of employment, workforce development and labour.
  • Ginette Petitpas Taylor becomes president of the Treasury Board.

New ministers joining cabinet:

  • Rachel Bendayan: Minister of Official Languages and Associate Minister of Public Safety
  • Élisabeth Brière: Minister of National Revenue
  • Terry Duguid: Minister of Sport and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada
  • Nathaniel Erskine-Smith: Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
  • Darren Fisher: Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence
  • David McGuinty: Minister of Public Safety
  • Ruby Sahota: Minister of Democratic Institutions and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic. Development Agency for Southern Ontario
  • Joanne Thompson: Minister of Seniors

CBC chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton and Power & Politics host David Cochrane are anchoring special coverage of the cabinet shuffle. You can watch the coverage live on CBC News Network, CBC.ca/news and CBC Gem.

  • Do you have questions about today’s cabinet shuffle? Send an email to ask@cbc.ca.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Peter Zimonjic is a senior writer for CBC News. He has worked as a reporter and columnist in London, England, for the Telegraph, Times and Daily Mail, and in Canada for the Ottawa Citizen, Torstar and Sun Media. He is the author of Into The Darkness: An Account of 7/7, published by Random House.

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