Dominic LeBlanc rising to significant applause. He has been very ill fighting cancer. He did not walk up the driveway, wore a mask till just a few moments ago and has lost his hair. He is now receiving a standing ovation. He is now President of the Queen's Privy Council #cdnpoli
Bill Morenau remains Minister of Finance #cdnpoli
Marc Garneau remains Minister of Transport #cdnpoli
Chrystia Freeland becomes Deputy Prime Minister (a role we have not seen in a long time) and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs which means they are assigning the Minister who handled the Trump Administration to handle prickly premiers #cdnpoli
Harjit Sajjan remains on as Minister of National Defence - not expecting any big changes on that file #cdnpoli
David Lametti remains as Justice Minister AND Attorney General. He is the only Minister staying in a role to stay on. Wow, new oath. Promises as AG to "uphold the constitution, the rule of law, and the independence of the judiciary and the prosecutorial independence" #cdnpoli
This is significant. That language was a direct reaction to SNC-Lavalin scandal. Liberals making a point there, while they are not separating the offices they are emphasizing prosecutorial independence. As far as we know a deferred prosecution agreement still possible #cdnpoli
Just to make sure I have that quote exact because it's getting at prosecutorial independence but used this wording:"the independence of the judiciary" and "the prosecutorial function." #cdnpoli
Bill Blair moves to public safety where he will be responsible for CSIS, the RCMP and CBSA #cdnpoli
Melanie Joly receives a big promotion to Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages #cdnpoli
This also shows the govt paying attention to regional issues much more closely than before. Freeland was born and raised in Alberta and will deal with part of that role, so will Jim Carr who is from Manitoba #cdnpoli
Catherine McKenna moves from Environment to Infrastructure and Communities. New Enviornment Minister is Jonathan Wilkinson. McKenna sources say, was ready to move, accomplished what she wanted. She was also a very controversial figure in that file #cdnpoli
Seamus O'Regan heads to Natural Resources so he'll be the point person for Trans Mountain #cdnpoli
Carla Qualtrough moves and is now Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion #cdnpoli
Pablo Rodriguez has two key roles in getting stuff done: Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Quebec Lieutenant. He will have the challenging task of getting the government's agenda through the House and one imagines working quite a bit with the BQ #cdnpoli
Marc Miller enters cabinet as Minister of Indigenous Services #cdnpoli
Marco Mendicino, another star performer on many political panels who had to take the govt line on some of the toughest controversies the govt has faced is rewarded. He enters cabinet as Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship #cdnpoli
Anita Anand is a cabinet rookie being handed a massive portfolio - Public Services and Procurement. Hello CF-18 replacements! #cdnpoli
Mona Fortier is also brought into cabinet as Minister of Middle Class Prosperity and Associate Minister of Finance. Yes really, they have created a Minister of Middle Class Prosperity. #cdnpoli
Overall this cabinet increases by two Ministers, drops some roles, creates new ones, some familiar faces being promoted, a few demotions, some new faces. It is heavily Ontario and Quebec based #cdnpoli
