Source: CTV News’ Jeremie Charron and Vassy Kapelos
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to add eight Liberal MPs to his front bench and reassign four existing ministers during Friday morning’s cabinet shuffle, according to CTV News.
Making several changes to his ministerial roster now comes after a tumultuous week for the federal Liberals and is being seen as a bid to inject some stability, exactly one month before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
The ceremony, presided over by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon in the ballroom at Rideau Hall, is set to begin at 11:30 a.m. EST, and Trudeau will attend, his first public appearance since facing fresh calls to resign.
Here’s who is moving, according to a list of changes leaked to CTV News and confirmed by a second source ahead of the ceremony.
Nathaniel Erskine-Smith – Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Minister
Dominic LeBlanc – Finance Minister
David McGuinty – National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians
Rachel Bendayan – Languages Minister and Associate Minister Of Public Safety.
Élisabeth Brière – Minister of National Revenue
Terry Duguid – Minister of Prairies Economic Development Canada.
Darren Fisher – Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Defence Minister.
Joanne Thompson – Minister of Seniors
Ruby Sahota – Minister Responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
Anita Anand – double duty – Treasury Board President and Transport Internal Trade Minister
Gary Anandasangaree – Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Minister of Northern Affairs and Canadian Northern Economic Development
Steven MacKinnon – Minister of Labour and Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages
Ginette Petitpas Taylor – Treasury Board President.
