New Trudeau Cabinet Portfolios and Short Biographies
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New Trudeau Cabinet Portfolios and Short Biographies November 20, 2019 ©STRATEGYCORP 2019 • Member of Parliament for Papineau (QC) since 2008 Hon. Justin Trudeau • Previously served as Minister of Youth from 2015-2019 Prime Minister • Won Liberal Party leadership in April of 2013 • Second-youngest Prime Minister in Canadian history • Member of Parliament for University—Rosedale (ON) since 2015 Hon. Chrystia Freeland • First Deputy Prime Minister since 2006 • Remains responsible for Canada-US relations Deputy Prime Minister & • Under previous government, was responsible for successful negotiations of CUSMA and CETA, and stickhandling relations with Minister of Trump administration Intergovernmental Affairs • Former journalist and editor, including for the Financial Times, The Globe and Mail and Thomson Reuters • Member of Parliament for Toronto Centre (ON) since 2015 Hon. Bill Morneau • Under previous government, oversaw the expansion of CPP, negotiations of federal health transfers with the provinces and Minister of Finance territories, the purchase of Trans Mountain pipeline • Former executive chair of Canada's largest human resources firm, Morneau Shepell, and former chair of the C. D. Howe Institute Hon. François-Philippe • Member of Parliament for Saint-Mauricie—Champlain (QC) since 2015 Champagne • Under previous government, was responsible for the implementation of infrastructure agreements with the provinces and Minister of Foreign Affairs territories • Former international trade lawyer, and protégé of Jean Chrétien 2 Hon. David Lametti • Member of Parliament for LaSalle—Émard—Verdun (QC) since 2015 • Appointed to role after the departure of Jody Wilson-Raybould during the SNC-Lavalin affair Minister of Justice & • Former professor in the Faculty of Law at McGill University, specializing in property, intellectual property, and private and Attorney General comparative law Hon. Harjit Sajjan • Member of Parliament for Vancouver South (BC) since 2015 Minister of National • Former police detective and Lieutenant-Colonel in the Canadian Armed Forces, decorated for his service in Afghanistan Defence • Under previous government, was responsible for rolling-out Canada’s new defence policy Strong. Secure. Engaged. • Member of Parliament for Ottawa Centre (ON) since 2015 Hon. Catherine McKenna • Under previous government, responsible for negotiating and implementing the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Minister of Infrastructure Climate Change with the provinces and territories, the carbon pricing regime, and signed onto the Paris Agreement and Communities • Former human rights and social justice lawyer, and senior negotiator with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in East Timor • Defeated long-time New Democratic Party Member of Parliament Paul Dewar in the 2015 federal election Hon. Pablo Rodríguez • Member of Parliament for Honoré-Mercier (QC) from 2004-2011, and re-elected in 2015 and 2019 Government House • Prior career in international development Leader & Quebec • Past President of the Quebec wing of the Liberal Party of Canada Lieutenant 3 • Member of Parliament for North Vancouver (BC) since 2015 Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson • Served as Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Coast Guard as well as Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment under former Minister of Environment Minister Catherine McKenna and Climate Change • Business experience in senior roles within clean-tech firms in the Vancouver area • Member of Parliament for St. John’s South—Mount Pearl (NL) since 2015 Hon. Seamus O’Regan • Served as Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence Minister of Natural • Former co-host of CTV’s Canada AM for a decade and former political staffer in the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Resources • Close personal friend to the Prime Minister Hon. Steven Guilbeault • Member of Parliament for Laurier—Sainte-Marie (QC) since 2019 • Former environment activist and founding member of Équiterre, a Quebec environmental organization Minister of Canadian • Promoted by Liberals as "star" candidate in 2019 federal election Heritage Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos • Member of Parliament for Québec (QC) since 2015 President of the Treasury • Under previous government, responsible for the development of the National Housing Strategy and the Canada Child Benefit Board • Former professor and Director of the Department of Economics at Université Laval and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada 4 • Member of Parliament for Vancouver Quadra (BC) since 2008 Hon. Joyce Murray • Appointment to President of Treasury Board following the departure of Jane Philpott from Cabinet • In pre-political life was heavily involved in the forest management industry in British Columbia Minister of Digital • Under previous government, was responsible for greening government portfolio Government • Served as a provincial BC Liberal Minister in Water, Land and Air Protection and Management Services portfolios • Member of Parliament for Mississauga—Malton (ON) from 2004-2011 and re-elected in 2015 and 2019 Hon. Navdeep Bains • Under previous government, was responsible for the regional economic development agencies, the supercluster initiatives, and the Strategic Innovation Fund Minister of Innovation, • Co-chaired the 2019 National Campaign Committee and was a key player in the Trudeau leadership campaign in 2013 Science and Industry • Political ally to the Prime Minister • Member of Parliament for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount (QC) since 2008 Hon. Marc Garneau • Under previous government, responsible for the Transportation Modernization Act and the establishment of an Airline Minister of Transport Passengers’ Bill of Rights • Former astronaut and engineer, retired military officer, and president of the Canadian Space Agency • Was briefly a candidate for Leader of the Liberal Party in 2012-13 • Member of Parliament for Thunder Bay—Superior North (ON) since 2015 Hon. Patty Hajdu • Served as Minister of Status of Women from 2015-17 and Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour from 2017-19 Minister of Health • Formerly executive director at Thunder Bay’s largest homeless shelter, and worked in the field of harm prevention, homelessness, and substance misuse prevention 5 Hon. Mary Ng • Member of Parliament for Markham-Thornhill (ON) since 2017 Minister of Small Business, • Former Director of Appointments in the Trudeau PMO 2016-17 • Under previous government, launched the Women Entrepreneurship Strategy as Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion. Export Promotion and • 2019 sees her also add the International Trade Portfolio to her responsibilities International Trade Hon. Melanie Joly • Member of Parliament for Ahuntsic-Cartierville (QC) since 2015 • Former lawyer and communications professional Minister of Economic • Runner-up for mayor in the 2013 municipal elections in Montreal Development and Official • Head of the Quebec Advisory Committee for the Trudeau leadership campaign in 2013 Languages Hon. Carolyn Bennett • Member of Parliament for Toronto-St.Paul’s (ON) since 1997 • Former family physician Minister of Crown- • Held the role of Minister of State for Public Health during the Martin government, where she oversaw the establishment of the Indigenous Relations Public Health Agency of Canada Hon. Marc Miller • Member of Parliament for Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs (QC) since 2015 • Learning the Mohawk Language Minister of Indigenous • Served as Parliament Secretary for Infrastructure and Communities in 2017-19 Services • Friend of the Prime Minister 6 Hon. Anita Anand • Member of Parliament for Oakville (ON) since 2019 • Legal scholar with extensive research experience on corporate governance and shareholder rights Minister of Public Services • In 2015, appointed by the Ontario government to sit on its Expert Committee to Consider Financial Planning Policy Alternatives and Procurement Hon. Carla Qualtrough • Member of Parliament for Delta (BC) in 2015 • Under previous government, oversaw the introduction of Canada’s first federal accessibility legislation Minister of Employment, • Former Paralympic athlete and lawyer, working for the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal and the Canadian Human Rights Workforce Development, Commission and Disability Inclusion • Hon. Bardish Chagger Member of Parliament for Waterloo (ON) since 2015 • Long-time volunteer for the Liberal Party of Canada, including the Trudeau leadership campaign in 2013 Minister of Diversity and • Worked previously on Parliament Hill for local MP and served as Minister of Small Business and Tourism as well as Government Inclusion and Youth House Leader in the last session of Parliament Hon. Filomena Tassi • Member of Parliament for Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas (ON) since 2015 • Appointed to the Cabinet as Minister of Seniors in 2018 and also served as Deputy Whip in 2017 Minister of Labour • Former chaplain for the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board and former Catholic School Board Trustee 7 Hon. Marco Mendicino • Member of Parliament for Eglington-Lawrence (ON) since 2015 • Has served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice as well as to the Minister of Infrastructure Minister of Immigration, • Former federal prosecutor, primarily dealing with organized crime and terrorism cases, including the Toronto 18 case Refugees and Citizenship Hon. Ahmed Hussen • Member of Parliament for York South-Weston (ON) since 2015 • As Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship from 2017-2019, was responsible