Mark Carney has been officially sworn-in as the 24th Prime Minister of Canada.
Carney was sworn-in during a ceremony this morning at Rideau Hall in Ottawa with Governor General Mary Simon.
Carney’s new, leaner Cabinet includes a number of returning ministers, and three new members.
None of the four PEI MPs have been named to this new cabinet, but there is an Islander who remains in Cabinet. Gatineau MP Steven MacKinnon, who was born and raised in Charlottetown, is the Minister of Jobs and Families.
The new Cabinet includes:
Dominic LeBlanc – International Trade and Intergovernmental Affairs
Francois-Philippe Champagne – Finance
Melanie Joly – Foreign Affairs and International Development
Anita Anand – Innovation, Science and Industry
Bill Blair – Defence
Patty Hajdu – Indigenous Services
Jonathan Wilkinson – Energy and Natural Resources
Ginette Petitpas Taylor – President of the Treasury Board
Stephen Guilbeault – Canadian Culture and Identity, Parks Canada
Chrystia Freeland – Transport and Internal Trade
Kamal Khera – Health
Gary Anandasangaree – Justice, Cown-Indigenous Relations, Northern Affairs
Rechie Valdez – Chief Government Whip
Steven MacKinnon – Jobs and Families
David McGuinty – Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
Terry Duguid – Environment and Climate Change
Nathaniel Erskine-Smith – Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
Rachel Bendayan – Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
Elisabeth Briere – Veterans Affairs, responsible for Canada Revenue Agency
Joanne Thompson – Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
Arielle Kayabaga – Democratic Institutions and Government House Leader
Kody Blois – Agriculture and Agri-Food and Rural Economic Development
Ali Ehsassi – Government Transformation, Public Services and Procurement.
