Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is adding eight Liberal MPs to his front bench and is reassigning four ministers in a cabinet shuffle currently underway in Ottawa.
Making several changes to his ministerial roster now comes after a tumultuous week for the federal Liberals, and was framed as a bid to inject some stability, exactly one month before U.S. president-elect Donald Trump takes office.
Quebec MP Élisabeth Brière, becoming the minister of national revenue, taking over for Marie-Claude Bibeau who isn't running again. Ontario MP and outgoing whip Ruby Sahota who picks up the democratic institutions portfolio and becomes the minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, a role outgoing minister Filomena Tassi held.Anita Anand, who had been doing double duty as Treasury Board president and transport minister, is now the minister of transport and internal trade.
Sources have indicated that while Trudeau is ready to make changes to his inner circle, it's not to be interpreted as the prime minister being ready to declare his next steps, and it remains to be seen if he takes questions following the shuffle.In a statement announcing the changes to his ministry, Trudeau said his team "is focused on the things that matter most to you – making life more affordable, growing the economy, and creating good jobs for the middle class.
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