Trudeau set to shuffle his cabinet Friday after a tumultuous week: sources
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will shuffle his cabinet Friday, multiple sources have told CBC News.
He's got big gaps to fill on his front bench after a series of resignations in recent months, including Chrystia Freeland's bombshell departure earlier this week.
While Trudeau is facing pressure to resign from some caucus members who accuse him of mismanaging his relationship with Freeland, his former right hand, he still has to deal with the immediate task before him: governing the country.
Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc is pulling triple-duty because he also holds the public safety and intergovernmental affairs portfolios, an enormous workload for one minister.
Anita Anand is serving as both president of the Treasury Board and transport minister. Ginette Petitpas Taylor is the employment minister, the minister for official languages and the Veterans Affairs minister.
One person who won't be part of that cabinet shuffle is former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney, according to LeBlanc.
The New Brunswick MP told Brunswick News that "Carney is not an option" and "that discussion has concluded."
LeBlanc later told Radio-Canada that Trudeau assured him the finance portfolio belongs to him.
"He told me that Mr. Carney will not be the minister of finance," he said.
Two sources told CBC News that the prime minister offered Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne the finance portfolio, but he turned it down.
Trudeau has been working the phones in the days since Freeland's resignation seeking advice on what he should do about his future, sources familiar with those calls told CBC News.
One of those calls was to former Liberal cabinet minister and long-time friend and ally Navdeep Bains, who now has a senior role at Rogers, sources said.
After Freeland's abrupt departure, Trudeau told MPs he would take time to reflect on the criticisms of his leadership.
But MPs have since said that Trudeau wasn't clear on when he'd report back about his plans.
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