Ottawa, July 18: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is unveiling his pre-election cabinet, shuffling six of his ministers to new portfolios and adding positions for five more in a bid to boost the profile of his team.
Trudeau confidant and long-time MP Dominic LeBlanc moves from fisheries to take on intergovernmental affairs, placing a veteran in charge of unpredictable federal-provincial relations.
Montreal’s Melanie Joly, who has wrestled with the heritage portfolio, moves to tourism, official languages and la Francophonie as the prime minister readies his Quebec team at a volatile time for politics in the seat-rich province.
Trudeau also added positions to his cabinet, making Toronto’s Bill Blair the minister of border security and organized crime reduction and Hamilton’s Filomena Tassi the minister of seniors.
Montreal’s Pablo Rodriguez, also new to the cabinet, becomes the minister of heritage and multiculturalism.
In addition, Trudeau revamped the responsibilities of five existing ministers.
