Full Text Canadian Political Transcripts November 4, 2015: Full list of PM Justin Trudeau’s cabinet

CANADIAN POLITICAL TRANSCRIPTS

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Full list of Justin Trudeau’s cabinet

31-member cabinet includes 15 women, attempt at regional balance

Source: CBC News, 11-4-15

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, stands with Gov. Gen. David Johnston after being sworn in as prime minister at Rideau Hall in Ottawa Nov. 4. (Justin Tang/Canadian Press)

The full list of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s new 31-member cabinet, in order of precedence, being sworn in today at Rideau Hall in Ottawa (with their province in parenthesis):

• Justin Trudeau (Quebec) – Prime Minister, Intergovernmental Affairs and Youth.
• Ralph Goodale (Saskatchewan) – Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.
• Lawrence MacAulay (P.E.I.) – Agriculture and Agri-Food.
• Stéphane Dion (Quebec) – Foreign Affairs.
• John McCallum (Ontario) – Immigration, Citizenship and Refugees.
• Carolyn Bennett (Ontario) – Indigenous and Northern Affairs.
• Scott Brison (Nova Scotia) – Treasury Board President.
• Dominic Leblanc (New Brunswick) – Leader of the Government in the House of Commons.
• Navdeep Bains (Ontario) – Innovation, Science and Economic Development.
• Bill Morneau (Ontario) – Finance Minister.
• Jody Wilson-Raybould (B.C.) – Justice and Attorney General of Canada.
• Judy Foote (Newfoundland and Labrador) – Public Services and Procurement.
• Chrystia Freeland (Ontario) – International Trade.
• Jane Philpott (Ontario) – Health.
• Jean-Yves Duclos (Quebec) – Families, Children and Social Development.
• Marc Garneau (Quebec) – Transport.
• Marie-Claude Bibeau (Quebec) – International Development and La francophonie.
• Jim Carr (Manitoba) – Natural Resources.
• Mélanie Joly (Quebec) – Heritage.
• Diane Lebouthillier (Quebec) – National Revenue.
• Kent Hehr (Alberta) – Veterans Affairs, and Associate Minister of National Defence.
• Catherine McKenna (Ontario) – Environment and Climate Change.
• Harjit Sajjan (B.C.) – National Defence.
• MaryAnn Mihychuck (Manitoba) – Employment Workforce Development and Labour.
• Amarjeet Sohi (Alberta) – Infrastructure and Communities.
• Maryam Monsef (Ontario) – Democratic Institutions.
• Carla Qualtrough (B.C.) – Sport, and Persons with Disabilities.
• Hunter Tootoo (Nunavut) – Fisheries and Oceans, and Canadian Coastguard.
• Kirsty Duncan (Ontario) – Science.
• Patricia Hajdu (Ontario) – Status of Women.
• Bardish Chagger (Ontario) – Small Business and Tourism.

Map shows the regional distribution of ministers in the cabinet of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (CBC)

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