Carney to unveil cabinet, with more than half expected to be new faces
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Prime Minister Mark Carney will reveal his new cabinet, with sources saying they will be split into a group of senior and junior ministers.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to reveal his new cabinet in an overhaul that is expected to see a slate of senior and junior ministers, with more than 50 per cent of the MPs expected to be first-timers, sources tell Global News.
Carney and his ministers will arrive at Rideau Hall Tuesday morning, with the ceremony to begin at 10:30 a.m. eastern.
The cabinet, according to sources, will be separated into two groups.
The first group will be made up of fewer than 30 senior ministers, holding portfolios including foreign affairs, defence and the minister poised to lead negotiations with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.
The second cabinet group will consist of up to 10 junior ministers, roles the government plans to call “secretaries of state” but which in the past have been formally appointed as “ministers of state to assist,” according to federal records.
“Secretaries of State are sworn to the Privy Council and are members of the Ministry. As such, they are bound by collective responsibility. They are not, however, members of the Cabinet. Secretaries of State are assigned to assist Cabinet Ministers in specific areas within their portfolios,” a record of the roles said when they were last used under former prime minister Jean Chretien.
In Carney’s cabinet, sources say the job of secretary of state will be to assist senior ministers in portfolios like natural resources and defence.
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