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Cabinet Minister Bios – November 6th, 2015

OTTAWA – Earlier today, was sworn in as ’s 23rd Prime Minister, and named his full cabinet. The cabinet consists of 30 Ministers plus the Prime Minister, and includes 15 men, and 15 women. Please see below for a breakdown of the number of Ministers by province, as well as bios of all Cabinet Ministers. Number of Ministers by Province

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Breakdown of Ministers by Province

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Minister of Agriculture Lawrence MacAulay, MP, Cardigan, PEI

 69 years old  Born in St. Peter’s Bay, PEI  A former seed potato and dairy farmer  Is the longest-serving MP in the history of PEI  First elected to the riding of Cardigan in 1988  Appointed to Cabinet in 1993 under Jean Chretien. Served as Secretary of State for Veterans Affairs, Minister of Labour, Minister Responsible for PEI  Served two terms as Solicitor General of Canada  Most recently served as Liberal Critic for Fisheries and Oceans

Minister of Finance , MP, Centre, ON

 53 years old  Born in Toronto,  Holds a BA from the University of Western Ontario, an M.Sc in Ecnomics from the London School of Economics, and an MBA from INSEAD in France  Married to Nancy McCain, member of the family that owns McCain Foods  Former CEO of Morneau Shepell, Canada’s largest HR organization, with nearly 4000 employees  Former chair of the CD Howe Institute  Appointed pension investment advisor to Ontario Minister of Finance Dwight Duncan in 2012  Appointed by Ontario to an expert panel advising on the Ontario Pension Plan in 2014  First elected as the Liberal candidate for in 2015

President of the Treasury Board , MP Kings-Hants,

 48 years old  Born in Windsor, NS – parents ran a grocery store  Holds a Bachelor of Commerce from  Was a small business owner, and previously worked in corporate sales  First elected MP in 1997, originally elected as a Progressive Conservative  Ran for the leadership of the Progressive Conservatives in 2003 losing to Peter MacKay

2  Crossed the floor to the Liberals in 2003, 4 days after merger of PC party and due to reservations about social conservatism  Served as to Prime Minister Martin  Served as Minister of Public Works and Government Services from 2004-2006 under , Canada’s first openly gay cabinet minister  Ran for leadership of the in 2006, finishing in 6th place to eventual winner Stephane Dion  Served as Liberal Finance Critic since 2010

From the Simcoe Reformer:

“You can negotiate international trade agreements and defend supply management if you want to, if you believe in supply management”

Minister of International Trade , MP University-Rosedale, Ontario

 47 years old  Born in Peace River, AB, both parentswere lawyers  Fluent in Ukranian and English, conversant in French, and speaks Russian and Italian  Received a BA in Russian history and literature from Harvard University, and a Master’s in Slavonic Studies from the as a Rhodes Scholar  Former journalist and author, served as deputy editor of  First elected as MP of Toronto Centre in 2013, in by-election to replace  Served as the Liberal Party’s trade critic  Elected to the new riding of University-Rosedale in 2015

From the : Liberal trade critic, Chrystia Freeland, said her party is strongly in favour of free trade and the TPP in particular, but is on the record as supporting supply management. “It is the responsibility of the to be an actively engaged negotiating partner to get Canada into the first round (of TPP), while defending Canadian interests, including supply management,” she said.

Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness , MP Regina-Wascana, SK

 66 years old  Born in Regina, SK  Law degree from University of  First elected MP in 1974 to the seat of Assiniboia, defeated in 1979  Named leader of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party in 1981, the party won no seats in the 1982 election

3  Elected provincial MLA for Assiniboia-Gravelburg in the 1986 election, the provincial Liberal’s only seat  Resigned as provincial leader in 1988 to run again for the federal Liberal Party of Canada for the seat of Regina-Wascana, but was narrowly defeated  Goodale then spent five years in the private sector, working for companies such as the Pioneer Life Assurance Company, Pioneer Lifeco Inc, Sovereign Life Insurance co.  Goodale again contested Regina-Wascana in the 1993 federal election, and was elected for the second time – and has been re-elected in every federal election since  Was named as Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food under Jean Chretien in 1993  Named Minister of Natural Resources in 1997, Minister of Public Works and Government Services in 2002, Minister of Finance in 2003  Served as from 2006-2010

From HamiltonNews.com Goodale said the Liberals will keep the total $5.3 billion in compensation that Prime Minister has announced for the dairy and automakers, which are expected to bear the brunt of the agreement.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Stéphane Dion, PC, MP Saint-Laurent

 60 years old  Born in City  Has a BA and MA in Political Science from the Université Laval, and a Doctorate in Sociology from Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris  Former Professor  First elected as MP in Saint-Laurent – Cartierville in in 1996  Served as Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs from 1996-2003, Minister of Environment from 2004-2006  Won leadership of the Liberal Party in 2006, serving as Leader of the Opposition from 2006-2008  Defeated by Stephen Harper in the 2008 federal election, resigned as leader of the Liberal party  Was appointed Liberal Critic for Intergovernmental Affairs and spokesman for La Francophonie by Bob Rae in 2011

Minister of Transport , MP Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount, QC  66 years old  Born in Quebec City  Received a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Engineering Physics from the Royal Military College of Canada, and a Doctorate in Electoral Engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London, England  Became the first Canadian in outer space in 1984  Appointed as an Officer of the in 1984

4  Served as a combat systems engineer in the Royal Canadian Navy, retiring as a Captain in 1989  Appointed President of the Canadian Space Agency in 2001  First elected in the 2008 election to the riding of Westmount-Ville Marie  Re-elected in 2011, and was appointed Liberal House Leader  Ran for the interim leadership of the Liberal Party in 2011, but was defeated by Bob Rae  Named Natural Resources Critic in 2012  Ran for the leadership of the Liberal Party in 2012, but withdrew from the race in 2013 to support Justin Trudeau  Served until 2015 as Foreign Affairs critic

From Hansard, June 4th Mr. Marc Garneau (Westmount—Ville-Marie, Lib.):

Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the Minister of State for Small Business said that Canada would promote supply management during the trans-Pacific partnership negotiations. That same day, his colleague from Centre called supply management an anachronism that needs to disappear […] Is the government truly committed to protecting supply management, yes or no?

Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and Canadian Coastguard , MP , NU

 52 years old  Born in , Nunavut  Co-founder of the branch of Arctic Insurance Brokers Ltd  Served as regional coordinator for the town of in 1993  Served as Administrative Officer for the North West Territories Dept. of Recreation in 1995  Named corporate control officer for the NWT Department of Finance in 1995  Named assistant director of NWT Housing Corporation in Iqaluit in 1997  Elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, representing the riding of from 1999-2013  Appointed Minister Responsible for the Nunavut Housing Corporation, Minister Responsible for Homelessness, and Minister Responsible for the Qulliq Energy Corporation in 2010  First elected federally in 2015 as the Liberal candidate for Nunavut

5 Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Jody Wilson-Raybould, MP Vancouver Granville, BC

 44 years old  Born in Vancouver, father is a politician, mother a teacher  She is a member of the We Wai Kai Nation  Holds a BA in Political Science and History from the University of Victoria, and a law degree from the University of British Columbia  Served as a crown prosecutor in Vancouver from 2000-2003  Known as a distinguished community activist, championing the environment, social justice, and indigenous rights  Took a position as a process advisor for the BC Treaty Commission in 2003  Elected as a Commissioner by the Chiefs of the First Nations Summit in 2004, serving for 7 years  Elected to council for the We Wai Kai Nation in 2009  Elected as Regional Chief of the BC Assembly of First Nations in 2009, and re-elected in 2012  First elected federally in 2015 for the Liberals in Vancouver Granville

Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development , MP -Malton, ON

 38 years old  Born in Toronto to entrepreneur immigrant parents  Holds a Bachelor of Administrative Studies from York University, and an MBA from the University of Windsor. Is also a Certified Management Accountant  Worked in the Finance Department at Ford Motor Company as a revenue and cost analyst, and as a financial analyst at Nike Canada  First elected as the Liberal candidate in Mississauga-Brampton South in 2004  Served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister in 2005  Re-elected in 2006, but was defeated in the 2011 election by Eve Adams  Successfully regained a seat in the 2015 election in the new riding of Mississauga-Malton

Minister of Canadian Heritage Mélanie Joly, MP Ahuntsic-Cartierville, QC

 36 years old  Holds an honours law degree from the Unversité de Montréal, and a Master’s degree in comparative and public law from the University of Oxford

6  Practiced law in Montreal, and was mentored by  She worked primarily in the areas of civil and commercial litigation, bankruptcy and insolvency law  She decided to switch careers into communications and was made managing partner of the PR firm Cohn & Wolfe’s Montreal  In 2013, she was appointed to lead the Quebec Advisory Committee for Justin Trudeau’s leadership campaign  Ran for Mayor of Montreal in 2013, finishing as runner-up to current Mayor  First elected federally as Liberal MP for Ahuntsic-Cartierville in 2015

Government House Leader Dominic Leblanc, MP, Beauséjour, NB

 47 years old  Born in , son of former Governor General Roméo LeBlanc  Holds a BA in political science from the , a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of New Brunswick, and a Master of Laws degree from Harvard Law School  Was a Barrister and Solicitor in Moncton  Served as a special advisor to Prime Minister Jean Chretien from 1993-1996  First ran as the Liberal candidate in Beauséjour in 1997, losing to the NDP candidate  He was first elected in 2000, and has won re-election in every election since  Served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence in 2013  Was sworn in as a member of the Privy Council and was Appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Deputy Chief Government Whip in 2004  Was named opposition critic for international trade in 2006, and critic for intergovernmental affairs in 2007  Ran unsuccessfully for leader of the Liberal Party in 2008, dropped out and supported  Named as critic for justice and the attorney general in 2009, critic for national defence in 2010, and critic for foreign affairs in 2011

Minister of Natural Resources , MP South Centre, MB

 64 years old  Born in Winnipeg, MB  Has degrees from University of and McGill University  Worked as a journalist and musician, former Executive Director of the Manitoba Arts Council

7  First ran provincially for the Manitoba legislature in 1986 in the riding of Tuxedo, losing to the PC candidate  Was first successfully elected provincially in 1988 in the riding of Fort Rouge, and was named Deputy Leader of the official opposition  Was re-elected in 1990, but resigned his seat in 1992 as the Liberals only had 7 seats  Was on the editorial board of the Winnipeg Free Press from 1992-1997  Named President and CEO of the Business Council of Manitoba in 1998  Awarded the Order of Manitoba in 2011  First elected federally as the Liberal candidate in the riding of Winnipeg South Centre in 2015

Minister of Public Services and Procurement , MP Random-Burin-St. George’s, NL

 63 years old  Born in Grand Bank, NL  Served as the head of Memorial University’s university relations division, as a journalist, and as communications director for NL premier Clyde Wells before running for an elected position  Served as a provincial representative for the riding of Grand Banks in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1996-2007 as a member of the Liberal Party  Served as provincial Minister of Development and Rural Renewal from 1996-1997, Minister of Industry, Trade and Technology from 1997-1998, Minister of Education from 1998-2000 and 2001-2003, and Minister of Industry, Trade and Rural Development in 2003.  First elected federally In the 2008 election to the riding of Random-Burin-St. George’s  Named Liberal Deputy House Leader in September 2010  Was named Liberal Whip in 2011

Minister of Infrastructure and Communities , MP , AB

 51 years old  Born in , immigrated to Edmonton in 1981  Worked as a bus driver  Elected to Edmonton town council in 2007, served two terms  On council, served as a member of the Edmonton Police Commission, VP of the Urban Municipalities Association, and held the council portfolio for Multiculturalism  First elected federally in 2015

8 Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence , MP Centre, AB

 45 years old  Born in Calgary, AB  Shot by a bystander in a drive-by shooting in 1991 and became a quadriplegic  Earned a BA in Canadian Studies and a from the  Former lawyer, practicing at Fraser Milner Casgrain  Elected provincially in Alberta as an MLA for the Liberals in 2008  Was the provincial shadow minister for Justice and the Solicitor General  Campaigned for Mayor of Calgary in 2010, losing to  Supported in the Liberal Leadership election of 2013  First Elected Federally in 2015

Minister of National Defence , MP Vancouver South, BC

 45 years old  Born in India, immigrated to Vancouver when he was 5 years old  Officer in the Vancouver Police Department for 11 years, selected as a Detective for the Gang Crime Unit  Enlisted in the Canadian Army’s Primary Reserve in 1989, then joined the army full time  Deployed overseas four times, once to Bosnia, three times to  In 2011, he became the first Sikh to command a Canadian Army regiment  First elected in 2015

Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities , MP Delta, BC

 44 years old  Born in Calgary, Alberta  Visually impaired since birth  Represented Canada at the Seoul 1988 and Barcelona 1992 Paralympic Games, winning three medals  Named one of Canada’s Most Influential Women in Sport six times  Recipient of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012  A lawyer with a background in human rights, inclusion, and sport  Served as the Vice-Chair with the Worker’s Compensation Appeal Tribunal of BC  Worked as legal counsel for the BC Human Rights Tribunal and the Canadian Human Rights Commission

9  A trained mediator and arbitrator  Chaired the provincial Minister’s Council on Employment and Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities, and advised the provincial Minister of Social Development on issues relating to disability  First elected in 2015

Minister of Employment Workforce Development and Labour MaryAnn Mihychuck, MP Kildonan-St. Paul, MB

 60 years old  Born in Vita, Manitoba  Holds a BA from the University of Winnipeg and a Master’s of Science from Brock University  Certified as a Practicing Professional Geoscientist, and worked as a geologist  Elected municipally as a Winnipeg School Division Trustee in 1989, and re-elected in 1992  Elected to the Manitoba provincial legislature in 1995 as an NDP candidate in the constituency of St. James, re-elected in 1999 in the constituency of Minto, and again re-elected in Minto in 2003  Named provincial Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Trade in 2003  Resigned from provincial cabinet and the legislature in 2004 to unsuccessfully seek election as Mayor of Winnipeg  Moved to Toronto to work as Director of Regulatory Affairs for the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada in 2005  First elected federally as a Liberal in 2015

Minister for the Status of Women Patricia Hajdu, MP Thunder Bay-Superior North, ON

 Holds a BA from and a Masters of Public Administration from the University of Victoria  An expert in harm prevention, homelessness and drug addition  Spent 9 years as the head of the drug awareness committee of the Thunder Bay District Health Unit  Was the head of Thunder Bay’s largest homeless shelter  Previously worked as a creative director and graphic designer in marketing  First elected in 2015

10 Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship John McCallum, MP Markham-Thornhill, ON

 65 years old  Born in Montreal, Quebec  Holds a BA from Queen’s College, Cambridge University, a diplôme d'études supérieures from Université de Paris, and a Doctorate in economics from McGill University  Was a Professor of Economics, and a former Dean of the Faculty of Arts at McGill University  Has published several books  Former Senior VP and Chief Economist at the Royal  First elected in 2000, served as Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions), Minister of National Defence, and Minister of Veterans Affairs under Prime Ministers Jean Chretien and Paul Martin

Minister of Democratic Institutions , MP Peterborough-Kawartha, ON

 30 years old  Born in Afghanistan, immigrated to Canada in 1996  Holds a Bachelor of Science from Trent University  A dedicated community organizer, volunteer and advocate  Co-Founded the Red Pashmina Campaign which has raised more than $150,000 for women and girls in Afghanistan  Represented Peterborough at the UN commission on the Status of Women  Ran for unsuccessfully for Mayor of Peterborough in 2014, finishing a close second  First elected in 2015, she is the first Canadian MP to have been born in Afghanistan

Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs , MP St. Paul's, ON

 64 years old  Born in Toronto and graduated in medicine from University of Toronto.  Prior to being elected, was a family physician and an assistant professor at the University of Toronto  Former President of the Medical Staff Association of Women’s College Hospital  First elected in 1997, and since re-elected in every federal election  Minister of State of Public Health between 2004 and 2006  Authored “Kill or Cure? How Can Remake their Health Care System”  Served as Critic for Aboriginal Affairs in the previous  Ran for leadership of the Liberal Party in 2006 but withdrew and threw her support behind Bob Rae

11 Minister of Science Kristy Duncan, MP Etobicoke North, ON

 49 years old  Born in Etobicoke, Ontario  First Elected in 2008  Holds a PhD in geography from the University of Edinburgh and a Master’s in Geography and Anthropology from the University of Toronto.  From 1993 to 2000, taught meteorology, climatology and climate change at the University of Windsor, and later was an adjunct professor teaching both medical geography at the University of Toronto and global environmental processes at Royal Roads University  Author of two books: ‘’ Hunting the 1918 Flu’’ and ‘’Environment and Health: Protecting our Common Future’’  Served on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, an organization that won the 2007 Nobel Peace prize.  First elected federally in 2008 and re-elected since  Served as Critic for International Development, Consular Affairs and Status of Women

Minister of Small Business and Tourism , MP Waterloo, On

 35 years old  Born in Waterloo to immigrant parents from India  Holds a Bachelor of Science from the  Was executive assistant to former Kitchener-Waterloo MP Andrew Telegdi from 2004 to 2008  After 2009, was a Community organizer at the Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Centre  First elected federally in 2015

Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna, MP Ottawa Centre, On

 44 years old  Born and raised in Hamilton, On  Holds a Bachelor’s degree in French and international relations at the University of Toronto, a graduate degree in international relations at the London School of Economics, and a law degree from McGill.  She co-founded and was Executive Director of Level (previously known as Canadian Lawyers Abroad), a 10 years old charitable organization that helps Canadian law students and law firms do pro bono legal work in developing countries

12  A trained lawyer, she worked in the areas of competition, trade, and constitutional law, in both Ottawa and Jakarta, Indonesia.  She was advisor to the Rt. Hon. Antonio Lamer’s review of Canada’s military justice system  Former legal advisor and negotiator for the peacekeeping mission in East Timor  She was the Executive Director of the Banff Forum, a leading national organization that brings together young Canadian leaders to debate major public policy issues with the goal of building a better Canada.  She lectures at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs.  First elected federally in 2015

Minister of Families, Children, and Social Development Jean-Yves Duclos, MP Québec, QC

 50 years old  Born in Québec City, QC  Holds a PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics and a BA from the University of Alberta  Director of Université Laval’s Department of Economics  Academic leader in development economics, public finance, labor economics, income inequality and poverty  First elected federally in 2015

Minister of International Development and La francophonie Marie-Claude Bibeau, MP Compton-Stanstead. QC

 Born and raised in Sherbrooke  Holds a Bachelor in Economics and a graduate diploma in Environmental Management from Université de Sherbrooke.  Worked for the Canadian International Development Agency in Ottawa, Montréal, Morocco and Bénin.  Executive Director of the Sherbrooke Museum of Nature and Science.  Owned tourism business (Camping de Compton) that has won numerous awards for the last 15 years.  She is the wife of Sherbrooke’s mayor, Bernard Sévigny.  First elected federally in 2015  During the 2015 federal election, she strongly supported supply management, saying that: “the supply management system is the best way to ensure the sustainability of agricultural enterprises in Canada “

From Le Tribune, November 5th, 2015:

13 Just sworn in as Minister for La Francophonie of Canada, the member for Compton-Stanstead, Marie- Claude Bibeau, says she still intends to make efforts to help dairy farmers weather the crisis that they are facing.

“I am committed to follow up with the issue and will keep my word,” she said. “Along with the airport and the Mont Mégantic Observatory, it is one of my priorities. We must, however, be given some time”.

Marie-Claude Bibeau says she has already discussed the issue with the two new Ministers that it concerns directly. “We will work in a transparent and responsible manner,” she promises.

Minister of National Revenue , MP Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine, QC

 56 years old  Holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from the Université de Moncton  Owner of a local outfitting operation since 2010  Before 2010, she worked as a social worker for 23 years at the Rocher-Percé CSSS.  Warden for the Regional County Municipality (RCM) of Rocher Percé and serves on the Board of Governors of the local Cégep.  During the election, she advocated for changes to the IE program  First elected in 2015

Minister of Health , MP Markham-Stouffville, ON

 54 years old  Born in Toronto, father a Presbyterian minister, mother a schoolteacher  Holds a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Western Ontario, and a Masters of Public Health from the University of Toronto  She is a member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario  Worked in , West Africa from 1989-1998 practicing medicine for an NGO  Formerly a family doctor in Markham-Stouffville from 1998-2015  Served as Chief of the Department of Family Medicine at Markham-Stouffville Hospital from 2008 to 2014  Worked as an Associate Professor in the University of Toronto’s Department of Family and Community Medicine  A founder of two AIDS charity initiatives  First elected in 2015

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