Former Housing Minister Nate Erskine-Smith says it’s “impossible not to feel disrespected” after Prime Minister Mark Carney chose to exclude him from cabinet.
Erskine-Smith was one of the 10 people Carney dropped from a newly announced cabinet that included several veteran ministers in new positions alongside 24 newcomers.
Erskine-Smith announced in January 2024 that he would not seek re-election in 2025 after nearly a decade of representing Beaches-East York, but changed his mind in December after being appointed as the minister of housing by then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Erskine-Smith took to social media on May 13 to express his disappointment over not retaining his housing portfolio as well as being excluded from cabinet altogether….