OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to add multiple new names to his cabinet Friday when he shuffles his team days after Chrystia Freeland rattled the party and the government with her sudden resignation as finance minister.
The Canadian Press has confirmed from a source with knowledge of the appointments that Montreal MP Rachel Bendayan, Winnipeg MP Terry Duguid, Toronto MP Nate Erskine-Smith, Ottawa MP David McGuinty and Nova Scotia MP Darren Fisher will all be named to cabinet in a ceremony at Rideau Hall Friday morning.
The five ministers who are not seeking re-election include Housing Minister Sean Fraser, Sport Minister Carla Qualtrough, National Revenue Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, Northern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal and Southern Ontario Economic Development Minister Filomena Tassi.There are also several ministers serving multiple roles following the departures of others earlier this year.
LeBlanc responded"yes" Thursday when asked if Trudeau has the full support of cabinet to stay on as leader. "I wasn't part of any conversations with Mr. Carney, but Mr. Carney isn't about to become Canada's finance minister in the short term." McGuinty is the longest serving MP among the names known to be joining cabinet, first elected in Ottawa South in 2004. This will be his first time in cabinet. He has served as the chair of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians since it was created in 2017.Bendayan was elected in 2019 in Outremont, the riding previously held by former NDP leader Tom Mulcair. She currently serves as the parliamentary secretary to the minister of finance.
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