Prime Minister Mark Carney will announce his new cabinet at Rideau Hall on May 13, with Governor General Mary Simon presiding over the swearing-in ceremony.
This will be the second cabinet put together by Carney, who won the April 28 election with a minority government of 169 seats. When Carney was first sworn in as prime minister on March 14, he brought along 23 cabinet ministers, three of whom had not held cabinet posts before.
Notable changes to that cabinet included moving former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland to minister of transport and internal trade; Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault becoming Quebec lieutenant and minister of Canadian culture and identity, Parks Canada; and Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree retaining his position as well as becoming the justice minister and attorney general….