New Cabinet Shuffle Canada 2023
Last Updated On 27 July 2023, 6:27 AM EDT (Toronto Time)
New Cabinet Shuffle Canada 2023: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is reshuffling his cabinet, with the reorganization of his front bench scheduled to take place today.
Trudeau is holding private meetings with ministers in Ottawa prior to his upcoming visit to Rideau Hall, following weeks of speculation that a summer reshuffle was imminent on the federal political landscape.
Latest Update On Cabinet Shuffle Canada 2023
Watch LIVE streaming of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announcing new changes to his cabinet.
Justin Trudeau makes below listed changes to the cabinet.
- Anita Anand becomes President of the Treasury Board
- Marie-Claude Bibeau becomes Minister of National Revenue
- Bill Blair becomes Minister of National Defence
- Randy Boissonnault becomes Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages
- Jean-Yves Duclos becomes Minister of Public Services and Procurement
- Sean Fraser becomes Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
- Karina Gould becomes Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
- Mark Holland becomes Minister of Health
- Ahmed Hussen becomes Minister of International Development
- Gudie Hutchings becomes Minister of Rural Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
- Kamal Khera becomes Minister of Diversity, Inclusion and Persons with Disabilities
- Dominic LeBlanc becomes Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs
- Diane Lebouthillier becomes Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
- Lawrence MacAulay becomes Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
- Marc Miller becomes Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
- Mary Ng becomes Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development
- Seamus O’Regan Jr. becomes Minister of Labour and Seniors
- Ginette Petitpas Taylor becomes Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence
- Carla Qualtrough becomes Minister of Sport and Physical Activity
- Pablo Rodriguez becomes Minister of Transport and will continue to serve as Quebec Lieutenant
- Harjit S. Sajjan becomes President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada
- Pascale St-Onge becomes Minister of Canadian Heritage
- Jonathan Wilkinson becomes Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
The Prime Minister also welcomed the following new members to the Ministry:
- Gary Anandasangaree becomes Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
- Terry Beech becomes Minister of Citizens’ Services
- Soraya Martinez Ferrada becomes Minister of Tourism and Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec
- Ya’ara Saks becomes Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health
- Jenna Sudds becomes Minister of Families, Children and Social Development
- Rechie Valdez becomes Minister of Small Business
- Arif Virani becomes Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
In the today’s reshuffle, Defence Minister Anita Anand will move to an economic portfolio.
According to sources, Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez and Sport Minister Pascale St-Onge are also on the move. Rodriguez is transferring to Transport, while St-Onge is transferring to Heritage.
Hochelaga-representing Quebec MP Soraya Martinez Ferrada will be the minister in charge of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for Quebec Regions.
After today’s (July 26) federal cabinet reshuffle, nearly the entire cabinet of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be new or switch their ministries.
7 ministers, including the Minister of Justice David Lametti, the Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino, and the President of the Treasury Board Monique Fortier, will be departing cabinet, according to unnamed sources with knowledge of the reshuffle.
Omar Alghabra shared news via his official Twitter handle on July 25 morning that he has decided not to run in the upcoming election.
He further added that as a result, he is stepping aside from being the Transport Minister of Canada in the cabinet.
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Joyce Murray has also announced that she will not be running again in the next election.
Minister of Public Services and Procurement Helena Jaczek has also announced that they will leave federal politics prior to the next election.
Yesterday, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Carolyn Bennett announced that she will not seek re-election, vacating the downtown Toronto-St. Paul’s seat she has held since 1997.
Full details on new Canadian cabinet 2023 are anticipated to be out by end of the day Wednesday; July 26, 2023.
Which ministers are the expected to in Canada’s Cabinet Shuffle?
Several ministerial announcements scheduled for Monday across the country were cancelled, ostensibly so cabinet members could return to the nation’s capital to confer with the prime minister prior to the reshuffle.
Transport Minister Omar Alghabra, Housing and Diversity and Inclusion Minister Ahmed Hussen, and Minister of Official Languages and Minister Responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Gina Petitpas Taylor, and Mental Health and Addictions Minister Carolyn Bennett are expected to be dropped from the cabinet.
Marco Mendicino is also one of the ministers expected to be shuffled in the new cabinet change.
Apart from this, there could be change in role among some ministers already in the cabinet.
As per sources, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland will maintain her position in the cabinet.
Canada’s major news provider CBC reports, “Multiple ministers are being dropped from federal cabinet in a shuffle expected to take place Wednesday, sources tell CBC News.”
Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly and Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault are not switching portfolios.
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc and Minister of Official Languages and Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Ginette Petitpas Taylor are among those summoned to return to Ottawa.
Why new Cabinet Shuffle in Canada?
Ministers are anticipated to have informed the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) of their intentions to run again if an election is called.
Those who have indicated they will not re-offer are likely to be transferred out, creating opportunities for Trudeau to promote high-performing members of his backbenches to cabinet before the next election, currently scheduled for 2025.
The reshuffle is anticipated to be the most significant change to Trudeau’s cabinet since October 2021, one month into the Liberals’ second minority mandate.
It comes advance of a cabinet retreat scheduled for next month in Prince Edward Island, giving new ministers a few weeks to become acquainted with their portfolios.
This reorganization will prepare the prime minister’s staff for the next federal election.
CTV news quote that this is to reset Liberals’ messaging on a few hot files following intensive political scrutiny of the government’s management of housing affordability, public safety, and online platform policies during the autumn and spring sittings.
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