Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is kicking off his third mandate with a monumental shift in his cabinet lineup that makes significant changes to senior portfolios. Anita Anand becomes only the second woman in Canadian history to take on the role of Defence minister and Mélanie Joly received a major promotion this morning, moving up from minister of Economic Development and Official Languages to a much higher profile as Foreign Affairs minister.

Classified as: McGill experts, Daniel Béland, department of political science, McGill Institute for the Study of Canada (MISC), 2021 federal elections, federal elections, federal cabinet, cabinet shuffle
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Published on: 26 Oct 2021
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