Trudeau’s 2017 cabinet: Read the full list of who’s in, who’s out and who keeps their job

Table of contents • Who's been reassigned • Who's been added • Who's leaving • The new gender and regional balance • Who's staying put • What does it mean?

Who's been reassigned

Chrystia Freeland, Foreign affairs

Who she’s replacing: Stéphane Dion
Former cabinet job: International trade
Riding: University-Rosedale, Ontario
Background: Former journalist and author; former deputy editor of The Globe and Mail and editor at Thomson Reuters; banned from entering Russia as retaliation for Canadian sanctions against Moscow for the 2014 incursion into Ukraine (though Russia has hinted it could lift that ban)
More reading: Freeland appointment signals Trudeau’s sterner approach to Putin (for subscribers)

Patty Hajdu, Employment, workforce development and labour

Who she’s replacing: MaryAnn Mihychuk
Former cabinet job: Status of women
Riding: Thunder Bay-Superior North, Ontario
Background: Ran a homeless shelter in Thunder Bay and helped implement the city’s drug strategy
More reading: To get elected, first Patty Hajdu overcame her fear of fundraising

Maryam Monsef, Status of women

Who she’s replacing: Patty Hajdu
Former cabinet job: Democratic Institutions
Riding: Peterborough-Kawartha, Ontario
Background: Former Peterborough community organizer; founder of the Red Pashmina Campaign raising money for the education of women and girls in Afghanistan
More reading: Maryam Monsef and the modern political narrative

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Who's been added

François-Philippe Champagne, International trade

Who he’s replacing: Chrystia Freeland
Riding: Saint-Maurice – Champlain, Quebec
Background: Former businessman and lawyer; international trade specialist
More reading: Rookie Trade Minister François-Philippe Champagne has clear political ambitions

Karina Gould, Democratic institutions

Who she’s replacing: Maryam Monsef
Riding: Burlington, Ontario
Background: Former Burlington community activist; former trade and investment specialist for the Mexican Trade Commission
More reading: Rookie MP Karina Gould to take over troubled democratic reform file

Ahmed Hussen, Immigration

Who he’s replacing: John McCallum
Riding: York South-Weston, Ontario
Background: Former lawyer; former national president of the Canadian Somali Congress; first Somali-born Canadian elected to Parliament
More reading: From refugee to immigration minister: Ahmed Hussen appointed cabinet role

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Who's leaving

Stéphane Dion

Former cabinet job: Foreign affairs
Where’s he going? Leaving politics
Riding: Saint-Laurent, Quebec
Background: Former political sciene professor and author; served in cabinet roles under Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin; led the party from 2006 to 2008
More reading: Stéphane Dion’s poor communication skills led to cabinet ouster

John McCallum

Former cabinet job: Immigration
Where’s he going? Recommended by Mr. Trudeau as Canadian ambassador to China
Riding: Markham-Thornhill, Ontario
Background: Former economics professor; former dean of arts at McGill University; has held cabinet roles under the Chrétien and Martin governments
More reading: McCallum to play key role as Canada seeks to expand trade with China

MaryAnn Mihychuk

Former cabinet job: Employment, workforce development and labour
Where’s she going? Back bench
Riding: Kildonan-St. Paul, Manitoba
Background: Former school trustee; served as an NDP MLA in Manitoba’s provincial government

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Gender and regional balance

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Who's staying put

Navdeep Bains, Innovation, science and economic development

Riding: Mississauga-Malton, Ontario
Background: Former professor at Ryerson’s management school; MP from 2004 to 2011, re-elected in 2015

Carolyn Bennett, Indigenous and Northern Affairs

Riding: St. Paul’s, Ontario
Background: Former family doctor; MP since 1997; former minister of state in Paul Martin’s Liberal government

Marie-Claude Bibeau, International development and La Francophonie

Riding: Compton-Stanstead, Quebec
Background: Former foreign-aid worker; former executive director of the Sherbrooke Museum of Nature and Science

Scott Brison, Treasury Board president

Riding: Kings-Hants, Nova Scotia
Background: MP since 1997; former Progressive Conservative leadership contender who crossed the floor to the Liberals after reconsidering the party’s merger with the Canadian Alliance

Jim Carr, Natural resources

Riding: Winnipeg-South Centre, Manitoba
Background: Former Manitoba legislator and deputy leader of the provincial Liberals; former CEO of the Business Council of Manitoba

Bardish Chagger, Government House Leader, Small business and tourism

Riding: Waterloo, Ontario
Background: Former executive assistant to Kitchener-Waterloo MP Andrew Telegdi; former member of Justin Trudeau’s Ontario team for his party leadership bid

Jean-Yves Duclos, Families, children and social development

Riding: Quebec, Quebec
Background: Economist at Laval University; expert on impact of public policies on the poor

Kirsty Duncan, Science

Riding: Etobicoke North, Ontario
Background: Former professor at the University of Windsor and University of Toronto; Liberal MP since 2008

Judy Foote, Public services and procurement

Riding: Bonavista-Burin-Trinity, Newfoundland
Background: Newfoundland legislator who held cabinet roles under premier Brian Tobin; elected to the House of Commons in 2008

Marc Garneau, Transport

Riding: Notre-Dame-de-Grâce–Westmount, Quebec
Background: Former astronaut and president of the Canadian Space Agency; Liberal MP since 2008; ran for the Liberal leadership in 2013

Ralph Goodale, Public safety

Riding: Regina-Wascana, Saskatchewan
Background: Long-serving Liberal in Saskatchewan, both federally and provincially; held cabinet roles in the Chrétien and Martin governments

Kent Hehr, Veterans Affairs

Riding: Calgary Centre, Alberta
Background: Former junior hockey player; former lawyer, community activist and Alberta legislator

Mélanie Joly, Canadian Heritage

Riding: Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Quebec
Background: Former lawyer and managing partner at the public-relations firm Cohn & Wolfe; candidate in the 2013 Montreal mayoral election

Dominic Leblanc, Fisheries and oceans

Riding: Beauséjour, New Brunswick
Background: Former lawyer; served in the House of Commons since 2000; childhood friend of Justin Trudeau; son of former governor-general Romeo Leblanc

Diane Lebouthillier, National Revenue

Riding: Gaspésie–Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec
Background: Former social worker; warden of a municipal government in the Gaspé Peninsula

Lawrence MacAulay, Agriculture

Riding: Cardigan, PEI
Background: Veteran Liberal politician; former cabinet minister under Jean Chrétien

Catherine McKenna, Environment and climate change

Riding: Ottawa Centre, Ontario
Background: Former international trade and competition lawyer; legal adviser and negotiator for the UN peacekeeping mission in East Timor; used to teach at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs

More reading: For Catherine McKenna, balancing politics and family means setting boundaries

Bill Morneau, Finance

Riding: Toronto Centre, Ontario
Background: Former CEO of pension firm Morneau Sheppell; chairman of the C.D. Howe Institute

More reading: Meet Trudeau's point man on boosting growth

Jane Philpott, Health

Riding: Markham-Stouffville, Ontario
Background: Former physician and chief of family medicine at Markham Stouffville Hospital; worked in Niger for Médecins sans frontières (Doctors Without Borders)

More reading: Jane Philpott knows the sacrifices of public service

Carla Qualtrough, Sport and persons with disabilities

Riding: Delta, B.C.
Background: Former Paralympic swimmer; former lawyer; advocate for people with disabilities

Harjit Sajjan, National Defence

Riding: Vancouver South, B.C.
Background: Retired lieutenant-colonel and veteran of the Afghanistan and Bosnia conflicts; first Sikh to command a Canadian army regiment

More reading: Defence Minister led Sikhs' rise to prominence in Parliament

Amarjeet Sohi, Infrastructure and communities

Riding: Edmonton Mill-Woods, Alberta
Background: Former Edmonton city councillor and advocate for light rapid transit

Jody Wilson-Raybould, Justice

Riding: Vancouver Granville, B.C.
Background: Former B.C. prosecutor; former regional chief of the B.C. Assembly of First Nations; first indigenous federal justice minister

More reading: Jody Wilson-Raybould, the justice minister without precedent

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