Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new principal secretary is David Lametti, the former justice minister has confirmed.
“Time to officially confirm a rumour that has been circulating for a while now: I have now joined the Prime Ministers team and on July 14 will assume the role of Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Mark Carney,” Lametti announced in a July 9 social media post.
While Carney had not yet appointed a principal secretary since he was sworn-in as prime minister in March, some media outlets had reported that Lametti would become Carney’s top adviser this July.
Lametti previously served as minister of justice and attorney general of Canada from 2019 to 2023. He also served as Liberal MP for the LaSalle-Émard-Verdun riding in Montreal from 2015 until he stepped down from politics at the end of January last year following his removal from cabinet by then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the summer 2023 cabinet shuffle….