{"id":62763,"date":"2017-01-11T07:29:06","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T07:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/a-look-at-justin-trudeaus-redesigned-cabinet.html"},"modified":"2017-01-11T07:29:06","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T07:29:06","slug":"a-look-at-justin-trudeaus-redesigned-cabinet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/political\/a-look-at-justin-trudeaus-redesigned-cabinet.html","title":{"rendered":"A look at Justin Trudeau&#8217;s redesigned cabinet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/RSSPoster_PRO\/cache\/80991_changes-to-justin-trudeau-s-cabinet-january-2017.jpg\" alt=\"Changes to Justin Trudeau's cabinet, January 2017\" width=\"100%\" \/> <\/p>\n<h2>Things to know about the new cabinet<\/h2>\n<p>The regional representation in cabinet shifts slightly away from Western Canada, as the demotion of MaryAnn Mihychuk, formerly minister for employment, workforce development and labour, removes one cabinet minister from Manitoba.<\/p>\n<p>There are now seven cabinet ministers from Western Canada, as well as seven from Quebec and four from Atlantic Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmed Hussen, an MP for a Toronto riding, increases Ontario&#8217;s representation in the cabinet to 12.<\/p>\n<p>Other things to know about how this shuffle changes the make-up of the Liberal cabinet:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chrystia\u00a0Freeland is the first female foreign affairs minister since Barbara McDougall, who held the portfolio from 1991 to 1993.<\/li>\n<li>Hussen is the first Somali-Canadian MP and the first to hold a cabinet seat.<\/li>\n<li>The average age of the three out-going ministers is 63, while the average age of the three new cabinet ministers is 39.<\/li>\n<li>The average age of the cabinet is now about 50 years old, two years younger than it was before the changes.<\/li>\n<li>As was the case before the shuffle, there are 15 women and 15 men in cabinet.<\/li>\n<li>Karina Gould, 29, is the youngest female cabinet minister in Canadian history.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>List of the updated Canadian order of precedence:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Right Honourable Justin P. J. Trudeau \u2014 Prime Minister<\/li>\n<li>The Honourable Ralph Goodale \u2014 Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness<\/li>\n<li>The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay \u2014 Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food<\/li>\n<li>The Honourable Carolyn Bennett \u2014 Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs<\/li>\n<li>The Honourable Scott Brison \u2014 President of the Treasury Board<\/li>\n<li>The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc \u2014 Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard<\/li>\n<li>The Honourable Navdeep Singh Bains \u2014 Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development<\/li>\n<li>The Honourable William Francis Morneau \u2014 Minister of Finance<\/li>\n<li>The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould \u2014 Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada<\/li>\n<li>The Honourable Judy M. Foote \u2014 Minister of Public Services and Procurement<\/li>\n<li>The Honourable Chrystia Freeland \u2014 Minister of Foreign Affairs<\/li>\n<li>The Honourable Jane Philpott \u2014 Minister of Health<\/li>\n<li>The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos \u2014 Minister of Families, Children and Social Development<\/li>\n<li>The Honourable Marc Garneau \u2014 Minister of Transport<\/li>\n<li>The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau \u2014 Minister of International Development and La Francophonie<\/li>\n<li>The Honourable James Gordon Carr \u2014 Minister of Natural Resources<\/li>\n<li>The Honourable M\u00e9lanie Joly \u2014 Minister of Canadian Heritage<\/li>\n<li>The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier \u2014 Minister of National Revenue<\/li>\n<li>The Honourable Kent Hehr \u2014 Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence<\/li>\n<li>The Honourable Catherine McKenna \u2014 Minister of Environment and Climate Change<\/li>\n<li>The Honourable Harjit Singh Sajjan \u2014 Minister of National Defence<\/li>\n<li>The Honourable Amarjeet Sohi \u2014 Minister of Infrastructure and Communities<\/li>\n<li>The Honourable Maryam Monsef \u2014 Minister of Status of Women<\/li>\n<li>The Honourable Carla Qualtrough \u2014 Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities<\/li>\n<li>The Honourable Kirsty Duncan \u2014 Minister of Science<\/li>\n<li>The Honourable Patricia A. Hajdu \u2014 Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour<\/li>\n<li>The Honourable Bardish Chagger \u2014 Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister of Small Business and Tourism<\/li>\n<li>The Honourable Fran\u00e7ois-Philippe Champagne \u2014 Minister of International Trade<\/li>\n<li>The Honourable Karina Gould \u2014 Minister of Democratic Institutions<\/li>\n<li>The Honourable Ahmed D. Hussen \u2014 Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p \/>\n<p>Article source: http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/trudeau-new-cabinet-1.3929399?cmp=rss<\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Things to know about the new cabinet The regional representation in cabinet shifts slightly away from Western Canada, as the demotion of MaryAnn Mihychuk, formerly minister for employment, workforce development and labour, removes one cabinet minister from Manitoba. 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