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RSS FeedsSeven new faces in the new Liberal cabinet
(The Star Science)

 
 

20 november 2019 23:57:01

 
Seven new faces in the new Liberal cabinet
(The Star Science)
 


OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled a slightly bigger cabinet for his minority government on Wednesday, featuring faces new to both the inner circle of power and to politics in general. Anita Anand, Minister of Public Services and ProcurementBorn in Nova Scotia, Anand is described on her Liberal party website as a scholar, lawyer and mother of four who has lived in Ontario for almost 35 years. She was first elected this fall in Oakville, and is now on leave as a law professor at the University of Toronto, where she has taught since 2006 and most recently held a chair position in “investor protection and corporate governance.” Anand takes over a portfolio that oversees billions of dollars in public spending, including the purchase of military hardware. She will also assume responsibility for Phoenix, the computerized pay system that has disrupted compensation for thousands of federal civil servants. Mona Fortier, Minister of Middle Class Prosperity and Associate Minister of FinanceFortier was first elected in a 2017 byelection in the Ottawa riding of Vanier, a perennial Liberal stronghold, and was the co-chair of the Liberal party’s national election platform committee this year. Her website says she is a mother of three who was a strategic communications consultant before she entered politics. In her new role, she will work with Finance Minister Bill Morneau at a time of recurring deficits, economic uncertainty in the face of trade tensions between the United States and China, and worries about a troubled oil sector. She will also take on the new portfolio of minister of middle class prosperity. The Liberals have tried to position themselves as champions of the middle class, a vaguely defined swath of Canadians on whose behalf the party has said it will govern. Marco Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and CitizenshipThe MP for Eglinton-Lawrence makes the jump to cabinet after serving as parliamentary secretary to the M ...


 
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