Trudeau set to shuffle his cabinet after chaotic week for Liberals
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A cabinet shuffle is expected on Friday capping off a chaotic week for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberals that saw two ministers step down.
A cabinet shuffle is expected on Friday, capping off a chaotic week for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberals that saw two ministers step down.
Trudeau is scheduled to participate in a swearing-in ceremony for the new ministers at 11:30 a.m. eastern at Rideau Hall.
This comes after Chrystia Freeland, in a surprise announcement on Monday, resigned as the finance minister on the same day she was supposed to present the fall economic statement.
In her letter addressed to Trudeau, Freeland noted that in recent weeks, she has found herself increasingly “at odds” with the prime minister.
Dominic LeBlanc, who is the current public safety minister and also leads intergovernmental affairs, was named by Trudeau as the new finance minister on Monday.
Ottawa-area MP David McGuinty — the brother of former Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty — will be sworn in as the new public safety minister, Global News has learned.
Toronto-area MP Nate Erskine-Smith, who has said he does not plan to run again, will be the new housing minister, according to three sources.
He will take the place of Sean Fraser, the previous housing minister, who announced on Monday he was stepping down from the cabinet for family reasons.
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