Prime Minister Mark Carney's 38-member cabinet features old and new faces

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OTTAWA — It wasn’t a complete reset, more like a mix of old and new.

In a ceremony at Rideau Hall on Tuesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled his new cabinet, consisting of 28 ministers and 10 secretaries of state — dropping a few notable Trudeau-era names and enlisting a number of new faces.

Former Finance minister Chrystia Freeland — whose bombshell December 2024 resignation just hours before she was to table her government’s fall economic statement triggered the collapse of Justin Trudeau — stays in cabinet, taking on the transport and internal trade portfolios.

Rumours over her future swirled around Parliament Hill on Monday, ranging from her being dropped from cabinet or leaving government altogether.

Former Innovation minister François-Philippe Champagne becomes the new Finance minister, while Sean Fraser becomes Justice minister — replacing Gary Anandasangaree, who is now in charge of the Public Safety portfolio.

Other Trudeau-era ministers remaining in cabinet include Anita Anand, now Foreign minister, Melanie Joly as Industry minister, Dominic LeBlanc as King’s Privy Council President and minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs and One Canadian Economy.

Steve MacKinnon remains House Leader, Rechie Valdez is Minister of Women and Gender Equality, and David McGuinty is now defence minister.

Long-time Environment Minister Steve Guilbeault also remains in cabinet, this time overseeing official languages and Canadian identity.

Trudeau ministers no longer in cabinet include Bill Blair, Kody Blois and Jonathan Wilkinson.

New names in cabinet include Joël Lightbound who becomes Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement, Heath MacDonald who is now Agriculture Minister, rookie MP Jill McKnight in Veterans Affairs, Lena Metlege Diab as Immigration Minister, and Marjorie Michel — a newbie MP who ran in Trudeau’s old riding of Papineau — becomes Health minister.

Carney also appointed 10 secretaries of state, including Anna Gainey (children and youth,) Nathalie Provost (nature,) Ruby Sahota (combatting crime,) Adam van Koeverden (sport,) and Wayne Long (Canada Revenue Agency and Financial Institutions.)

In a press conference outside Rideau Hall, Carney said his cabinet reflects the mandate given to him by Canadians — one of building a new relationship with the United States, and concern over public safety and the cost-of-living crisis.

“Our government will deliver its mandate for change with urgency and determination,” he said.

“We’re going to deliver that mandate with a new team, purpose-built for this hinge moment in Canada’s history.”

The government’s priorities will be laid out in the throne speech, set to be delivered later this month by the King — but Carney said the main focus of his government will be the economy.

Parliament begins its spring session — expected to last anywhere from two to four weeks — on May 26.

CARNEY CABINET 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

Rebecca Chartrand: Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs and Minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency

François-Philippe Champagne: Minister of Finance and National Revenue

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 Olszewsk: 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)