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Carney appoints 28 cabinet ministers, 10 secretaries of state in Ottawa

Prime minister promises the strongest economy within the G7
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Prime Minister Mark Carney announced his new cabinet in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 13. Carney pictured in Victoria, B.C. on April 7, 2025 during the election campaign.

Prime Minister Mark Carney and his new cabinet were sworn in in Ottawa Tuesday morning (May 13).

Carney named 28 MPs to cabinet positions and another 10 as secretaries of state, who are meant to provide leadership on key issues and priorities within their minister's portfolios. The next parliament is expected to begin May 26 and the following day the government's mandate will be outlined with a throne speech from King Charles III.

Carney described the cabinet as "purpose-built for this hinge moment in Canada's history." He said it's smaller and more focused than those of previous government's and will operate with a commitment to "true cabinet government with everyone expected and empowered to show leadership."

He added that the 10 secretaries of state supporting the cabinet is a "return to traditional government."

"Canadians elected this new government with a strong mandate to define a new economic and security relationship with the United States and to build a stronger economy for all Canadians," Carney said in a news conference outside of Rideau Hall, following the swearing in. 

"Canadians also sent a clear message that their cost of living must come down and that our communities must be safe."

He said the swearing in of this cabinet is "amongst the fastest following an election," and the beginning of the new parliament will be "one of the most rapid following an election in Canadian history."

Carney said the government will deliver its mandate for change "with urgency and determination."

His new cabinet, according to a news release from the Prime Minister's Office, will "act to catalyze investment and build a new Canadian economy SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½“ one that creates higher-paying careers, raises incomes, and can withstand future shocks." The cabinet will work in collaboration wih provinces, territories and Indigenous peoples "to advance the nation-building investments that will support the governmentSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™s core mission of building one strong, united economy SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½“ the strongest economy in the G7."

He said his is a government that has to address and come to a new arrangement with the Americans, but the primary focus is on the economy, specifically the Canadian economy.

"We're at the start of an industrial transformation, a transformation of this economy, and Madame (Mélanie) Joly, minister of industry, is going to help lead that in concert of the other members of cabinet and myself."

The new cabinet includes: 

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Shafqat Ali, president of the treasury board

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Rebecca Alty, minister of Crown-Indigenous relations

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢ Anita Anand, minister of foreign affairs

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Gary Anandasangaree, minister of public safety

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢&²Ô²ú²õ±è;François-Philippe Champagne, minister of finance and national revenue

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Rebecca Chartrand, minister of northern and Arctic affairs and minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Julie Dabrusin, minister of environment and climate change

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Sean Fraser, minister of justice and Attorney General of Canada and minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢ Chrystia Freeland, minister of transport and internal trade

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Steven Guilbeault, minister of Canadian identity and culture and minister responsible for official languages

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Mandy Gull-Masty, minister of Indigenous services

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Patty Hajdu, minister of jobs and families and minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢ Tim Hodgson, minister of energy and natural resources

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Mélanie Joly, minister of industry and minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢ Dominic LeBlanc, president of the KingSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™s Privy Council for Canada and minister responsible for Canada-U.S. trade, intergovernmental affairs and One Canadian Economy

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢ Joël Lightbound, mnister of government transformation, public works and procurement

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Heath MacDonald, minister of agriculture and agri-food

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢ Steven MacKinnon, leader of the government in the House of Commons

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢ David J. McGuinty, minister of national defence

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢ Jill McKnight, minister of Veterans Affairs and associate minister of national defence

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢ Lena Metlege Diab, minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Marjorie Michel, minister of health

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Eleanor Olszewski, minister of emergency management and community resilience and minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢ Gregor Robertson, minister of housing and infrastructure and minister responsible for Pacific Economic Development Canada

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Maninder Sidhu, minister of international trade

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Evan Solomon, minister of artificial intelligence and digital innovation and minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Joanne Thompson, minister of fisheries

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢ Rechie Valdez, minister of women and gender equality and secretary of state for small business and tourism

Carney also named 10 secretaries of state that will support the cabinet and their minister's portfolio. The new secretaries of state are:

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢ Buckley Belanger, secretary of state for rural development

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Stephen Fuhr, secretary of state for defence procurement

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Anna Gainey, secretary of state for children and youth

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢ Wayne Long, secretary of state for Canada Revenue Agency and financial institutions

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢ Stephanie McLean, secretary of state for seniors

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢ Nathalie Provost, secretary of state for nature

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢ Ruby Sahota, secretary of state for combatting crime

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢&²Ô²ú²õ±è;, secretary of state for international development

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢ Adam van Koeverden, secretary of state for sport

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¢ John Zerucelli, secretary of state for labour

More to come. 

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Lauren Collins

About the Author: Lauren Collins

I'm a provincial reporter for Black Press Media's provincial team, after my journalism career took me around B.C. since I was 19 years old.
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