4 ministers to get new portfolios, 8 Liberal MPs to be promoted in Trudeau cabinet shuffle: sources
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is adding eight Liberal MPs to his front bench and will be reassigning four current ministers in Friday morning's cabinet shuffle, CTV News has learned.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is adding eight Liberal MPs to his front bench and will be reassigning four current ministers in Friday morning's cabinet shuffle, CTV News has learned.
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.
According to the memo, and as sources had confirmed yesterday, Ontario MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith will become Canada's next housing, infrastructure and communities minister, taking over for Sean Fraser, who announced on Monday that he wouldn't be running again.
And, taking over the public safety portfolio from Finance and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc – who took on the top economic post on Monday after Chrystia Freeland's stunning resignation – will be Ontario MP and current chair of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) David McGuinty.
The other Liberal MPs who will be joining cabinet are:
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