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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Quick Reference Guide: Key Officials and Opposition Critics FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Quick Reference Guide: Key Officials and Opposition Critics www.ibewcanada.ca Page 1 Revised March 7, 2017 PARLIMENTARY DEPUTY CONSERVATIVE MINISTRY MINISTER CHIEF OF STAFF NDP CRITIC ASSISTANT MINISTER CRITIC PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA Rt. Hon Justin Trudeau Katie Telford Ruth Ellen Agriculture and Agri-Food Hon. Lawrence MacAulay Mary Jean McFall Jean-Claude Poissant Andrea Lyon David Anderson Brosseau Arif Virani Canadian Heritage Hon. Mélanie Joly Leslie Church (Multiculturism) Graham Flack Peter Van Loan Pierre Nantel Sean Casey Democratic Institutions Hon. Karina Gould Maxime Dea Andy Fillmore Scott Reid Nathan Cullen Employment Workforce Development and Sheri Benson Hon. Patricia Hajdu Matthew Mitschke Rodger Cuzner Lori Sterling Peter Poilievre Labour (Labour) Environment and Climate Change Hon. Catherine McKenna Marlo Raynolds Jonathan Wilkinson Lucas Stephens Edward Fast Linda Duncan Brigitte Families, Children and Social Development Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos Josee Duplessis Adam Vaughn Karen Vecchio Sansoucy Alexandre Finance Hon. Bill Morneau Richard Maksymetz Ginette Petitpas Taylor Paul Rochon Gérard Deltell Boulerice Fisheries and Oceans, and Canadian Hon. Dominic Leblanc Vince MacNeil Terry Beech Catherine Blewett Todd Doherty Fin Donnelly Coastguard Omar Alghabra (Consular Affairs) Hélène Foreign Affairs Hon. Chrystia Freeland Jeremy Broadhurst Andrew Leslie(Cda-US Ian Shugart Peter Kent Laverdière Relations) Matt DeCourcey Health Hon. Jane Philpott Genevieve Hinse Joël Lightbound Simon Kennedy Colin Carrie Don Davies Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Hon. Ahmed Hussen Mathieu Belanger Serge Cormier Marta Morgan Michelle Rempel Jenny Kwan Romeo Indigenous and Northern Affairs Hon. Carolyn Bennett Rick Theis Yvonne Jones Hélène Laurendeau Cathy McLeod Saganash Jean-Francois Infrastructure and Communities Hon. Amarjeet Sohi John Brodhead Marc Miller Dianne Watts Rachel Blaney Tremblay Innovation, Science and Economic Development Hon. Navdeep Bains Elder Marques David Lametti John Knubley Diane Finley Brian Masse FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Quick Reference Guide: Key Officials and Opposition Critics www.ibewcanada.ca Page 2 Revised March 7, 2017 PARLIMENTARY DEPUTY CONSERVATIVE MINISTRY MINISTER CHIEF OF STAFF NDP CRITIC ASSISTANT MINISTER CRITIC Tom Mulcair Peter Schiefke Intergovernmental Affairs and Youth Rt. Hon Justin Trudeau Katie Telford Serge Dupont Denis Lebel Anne Minh-Thu (Youth) Quach Celina Caesar- International Development and La francophonie Hon. Marie-Claude Bibeau Geoffroi Montpetit Peter Boehm Dean Allison Robert Aubin Chavannes Pamela Goldsmith- Hon. Francois-Philippe International Trade Julian Ovens Jones Timothy Sargent Gerry Ritz Tracey Ramsey Champagne Marco Mendicino Justice and Attorney General of Canada Hon. Jody Wilson- Raybould Kirsten Mercer William F. Pentney Rob Nicholson Alistair MacGregor Bill Blair Leader of the Government in the House of Hon. Bardish Chagger Rachel Bendayan Kevin Lamoureux Candice Bergen Murray Rankin Commons National Defence Hon. Harjit Sajjan Brian Bohunicky Jean R. Rioux John Forster James Bezan Randall Garrison Pierre-Luc National Revenue Hon. Diane Lebouthillier Josee Guillmette Kamal Khera Ziad Aboultaif Dusseault Natural Resources Hon. Jim Carr Janet Annesley Kim Rudd Christyne Tremblay Mark Strahl Richard Cannings Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Hon. Ralph Goodale Marci Surkes Mark Holland Malcolm Brown Tony Clement Matthew Dubé Public Services and Procurement Hon. Judy Foote Gianluca Cairo Steven MacKinnon Marie Lemay Alupa Clarke Erin Weir Science Hon. Kirsty Duncan Rob Rosenfeld Kate Young Marilyn Gladu Kennedy Stewart Small Business and Tourism Hon. Bardish Chagger Rachel Bendayan Gudie Hutchings Alice Wong Gord Johns Rachel Harder Sport, and Persons with Disabilities Hon. Carla Qualtrough Matt Stickney Stephane Lauzon Robert Kitchen Cheryl Hardcastle (Sport) Status of Women Hon. Maryam Monsef Monique Luglil Terry Duguid Rona Ambrose Sheila Malcolmson Jean-Philippe Transport Hon. Marc Garneau Karen McCrimmon Michael Keenan Kelly Block Robert Aubin Arseneau Yaprak Baltacioglu Daniel Blaikie Treasury Board Hon. Scott Brison Sabina Saini Joyce Murray Phil McColeman (Sec.) (IBEW Member) Veterans Affairs, and Associate Minister of Hon. Kent Hehr Christine Tabbert Sherry Romanado Walt Natynczyk John Brassard Irene Mathyssen National Defence .
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