Quebec retains cupboard heft amid Trudeau shuffle

tomtidgewellJuly 26, 2023

The lone Quebecer to lose a federal cupboard put up is David Lametti, beforehand justice minister and Legal professional Basic, whereas the brand new Quebec face within the cupboard is Soraya Martinez Ferrada, a former Montreal metropolis councillor who turns into tourism minister.

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Montreal Liberal MP Soraya Martinez Ferrada was named tourism minister. Picture by Justin Tang /The Canadian Press

Federal cupboard ministers from Quebec performed musical chairs Wednesday as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced a significant shuffle.

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When it was over, six ministers had new portfolios, three saved their positions, and one high-profile cupboard member was out of a job, changed by one other Montrealer.

Quebec saved its proportion of seats on the cupboard desk: 11 of 38, together with Trudeau.

Holding their jobs have been:

Mélanie Joly, Overseas Affairs
François-Philippe Champagne, Innovation, Science and Trade
Steven Guilbeault, Setting and Local weather Change

In new positions:

Jean-Yves Duclos, Public Companies and Procurement (previously Well being)
Marie-Claude Bibeau, Nationwide Income (previously Agriculture)
Diane Lebouthillier, Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard (previously Nationwide Income)
Pablo Rodriguez, Transport (previously Canadian Heritage)
Marc Miller, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship (previously Crown-Indigenous Relations)
Pascale St-Onge, Canadian Heritage (previously Sports activities)

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The brand new Quebec face within the cupboard is Soraya Martinez Ferrada. She was appointed minister of tourism and also will be answerable for the Financial Growth Company of Canada for Quebec areas.

Ferrada, who represents Montreal’s Hochelaga using, is a former Montreal metropolis councillor.

The lone Quebecer to lose a cupboard put up is David Lametti, beforehand justice minister and Legal professional Basic.

He was changed by Arif Virani, a Toronto MP.

The change within the justice portfolio comes forward of an anticipated problem earlier than the Supreme Courtroom of Canada to Quebec’s Invoice 21. That secularism regulation forbids some authorities jobs from carrying spiritual symbols such because the Muslim hijab at work.

Right here’s the total cupboard:

— Anita Anand: president of the Treasury Board

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— Gary Anandasangaree: minister of Crown-Indigenous relations

— Terry Beech: minister of residents’ providers

— Francois-Philippe Champagne: minister of innovation, science and trade

— Marie-Claude Bibeau: minister of nationwide income

— Invoice Blair: minister of nationwide defence

— Randy Boissonnault: minister of employment, workforce growth and official languages

— Jean-Yves Duclos: minister of public providers and procurement

— Soraya Martinez Ferrada: minister of tourism and minister answerable for the Financial Growth Company of Canada for the Areas of Quebec

— Sean Fraser: minister of housing, infrastructure and communities

— Chrystia Freeland: deputy prime minister and minister of finance

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— Karina Gould: authorities Home chief

— Steven Guilbeault: minister of setting and local weather change

— Patty Hajdu: minister of Indigenous providers and minister answerable for the Federal Financial Growth Company for Northern Ontario

— Mark Holland: minister of well being

— Ahmed Hussen: minister of worldwide growth

— Gudie Hutchings: minister of rural financial growth and minister answerable for the Atlantic Canada Alternatives Company

— Marci Ien: minister for ladies and gender equality and youth

— Melanie Joly: minister of overseas affairs

— Kamal Khera: minister of range, inclusion and individuals with disabilities

— Dominic LeBlanc: minister of public security, democratic establishments and intergovernmental affairs

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— Diane Lebouthillier: minister of fisheries, oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard

— Lawrence MacAulay: minister of agriculture and agri-food

— Marc Miller: minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship

— Mary Ng: minister of export promotion, worldwide commerce and financial growth

— Seamus O’Regan Jr.: minister of labour and seniors

— Ginette Petitpas Taylor: minister of veterans affairs and affiliate minister of nationwide defence

— Carla Qualtrough: minister of sport and bodily exercise

— Pablo Rodriguez: minister of transport and Quebec lieutenant

— Harjit Sajjan: president of the King’s Privy Council for Canada, minister of emergency preparedness and minister answerable for the Pacific Financial Growth Company of Canada

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— Ya’ara Saks: minister of psychological well being and addictions and affiliate minister of well being

— Jenna Sudds: minister of households, kids and social growth

— Pascale St-Onge: minister of Canadian heritage

— Filomena Tassi: minister answerable for the Federal Financial Growth Company for Southern Ontario

— Rechie Valdez: minister of small enterprise

— Arif Virani: minister of justice and Legal professional Basic of Canada

— Jonathan Wilkinson: minister of vitality and pure assets

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