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New Trudeau Cabinet Portfolios and Short Biographies

November 20, 2019

©STRATEGYCORP 2019 • for Papineau (QC) since 2008 Hon. • 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. • First since 2006 • Remains responsible for -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 , and Thomson

• Member of Parliament for Centre (ON) since 2015 Hon. • 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. • 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. • Member of Parliament for South (BC) since 2015 Minister of National • Former police detective and Lieutenant-Colonel in the , decorated for his service in Defence • Under previous government, was responsible for rolling-out Canada’s new defence policy Strong. Secure. Engaged.

• Member of Parliament for 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 and Communities • Former human rights and social justice lawyer, and senior negotiator with the peacekeeping mission in East Timor • Defeated long-time Member of Parliament 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 & • Past President of the Quebec wing of the Lieutenant

3 • Member of Parliament for North Vancouver (BC) since 2015 Hon. • 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. • 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 (BC) since 2008 Hon. • Appointment to President of Treasury Board following the departure of from Cabinet • In pre-political life was heavily involved in the forest management industry in 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 —Malton (ON) from 2004-2011 and re-elected in 2015 and 2019 Hon. • 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. • Under previous government, responsible for the Transportation Modernization Act and the establishment of an Airline Minister of Transport Passengers’ Bill of Rights • Former and engineer, retired military officer, and president of the • Was briefly a candidate for Leader of the Liberal Party in 2012-13

• Member of Parliament for —Superior North (ON) since 2015 Hon. • 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. • 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 Development and Official • Head of the Quebec Advisory Committee for the Trudeau leadership campaign in 2013 Languages

Hon. • 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. • 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. • 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 government to sit on its Expert Committee to Consider Financial Planning Policy Alternatives and Procurement

Hon. • 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. 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 for local MP and served as Minister of Small Business and Tourism as well as Government Inclusion and Youth in the last session of Parliament

Hon. • Member of Parliament for Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas (ON) since 2015 • Appointed to the Cabinet as 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. • 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. • Member of Parliament for -Weston (ON) since 2015 • As Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship from 2017-2019, was responsible for dealing with illegal and irregular border Minister of Families, migration file Children and Social • Former lawyer, community activist, and National President of the Canadian Somali Congress Development

Hon. Lawrence MacAulay • Member of Parliament for Cardigan (PE) since 1988 Minister of Veterans Affairs • Has also served in Cabinet as Minister of Agriculture, Solicitor General, Minister of Labour, Secretary of State for Veterans and and Associate Minister of Secretary of State for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency National Defence • With a background in farming, often provided rural perspective around the Cabinet table

Hon. Marie-Claude Bibeau • Member of Parliament for Compton-Stanstead (QC) since 2015 • Previously also served as Minister of International Development and La Francophonie Minister of Agriculture • Former international development worker for the Canadian International Development Agency, with postings in Ottawa, and Agri-Food Montreal, Morocco, and Benin, as well as operator of tourism business

8 • Member of Parliament for South Shore-St. Margaret's (NS) since 2015 Hon. • Under previous government, was responsible for rural economic development strategy to diversify and strengthen rural Minister of Fisheries, economies and Canada’s connectivity strategy Oceans and Canadian • Former President of the Atlantic Community Newspaper Association and Development Officer for the Health Services Foundation Coast Guard in

Hon. • Member of Parliament for Burlington (ON) since 2015 • Former trade and investment specialist at the Mexican Trade Commission and consultant for the Migration and Development Minister of International Program at the Organization of American States Development • Youngest female cabinet minister in Canadian history and first sitting cabinet minister to take maternity leave

• Member of Parliament for Beauséjour (NB) since 2000 Hon. Dominic LeBlanc • Has served as Government House Leader, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Fisheries and Oceans, Northern Affairs and Internal Trade President of the Queen’s • Childhood friend and political ally of the Prime Minister Privy Council • Will serve as Chair of the Operations Committee of Cabinet, tasked with "problem-solving" on political issues that face the government.

• Member of Parliament for Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine (QC) since 2015 Hon. • Served as Minister of National Revenue since her election Minister of National • Former elected Prefect of Le Rocher-Percé Regional County Municipality, social worker, and activist on social services issues in the Revenue province

9 • Member of Parliament for King- (ON) since 2015 Hon. • Served as Chair of the House of Commons Environment Committee and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Revenue Minister of Seniors • Before becoming an MP, was a York Regional Councilor and Vaughan City Hall

Hon. • Member of Parliament for Saint Boniface-Saint Vital (MB) since 2015 • Minister of Northern Métis politician, having represented St. Boniface on the City Council from 1995 until 2004 and from 2006 until 2014 • Previously ran unsuccessfully as mayor of Winnipeg in 2004 Affairs

Hon. • Member of Parliament for Peterborough-Kawartha (ON) since 2015 Minister of Women and • Has served in a number of roles including Minister of International Development, Democratic Institutions, and was given Gender Equality & Rural responsibility for the electoral reform file in 2015 Economic Development • Also led Status of Women Canada’s transition from an agency to the new Department for Women and Gender Equality

Hon. • Member of Parliament for (ON) since 2015 • Former Chief of Police of the Toronto Police Force, with a 39-year career in policing, and former President of the Ontario and Minister of Public Safety Canadian Associations of Chiefs of Police and Emergency • Served in previous Parliament as Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction Preparedness

10 Hon. • Member of Parliament for Ottawa-Vanier (ON) since 2017 Minister of Middle Class • Co-Chair of Liberal National Platform Committee for 2019 federal election Prosperity and Associate • Former director of communications for La Cité collégiale in Ottawa Minister of Finance

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