Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled his new cabinet, which includes new faces in key public service roles, in a major shake-up Tuesday morning.
Shafqat Ali, the MP for Brampton—Chinguacousy Park, will take over as president of the Treasury Board. Ginette Petitpas Taylor, who served in that role under former prime minister Justin Trudeau, was shuffled out of Carney’s cabinet.
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l Lightbound, the MP for
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will become the minister of government transformation, public works, and procurement. Al Ehsassi was in Carney’s caretaker cabinet, but has been shuffled out.
Evan Solomon, a broadcast journalist who helmed touchstone political programs for CBC and CTV, will be the newly created minister of artificial intelligence and digital innovation. Under Carney, Canada becomes the next country to make a minister specifically for AI. France created the role in late 2024 when Clara Chappaz became the first AI minister in the European nation.
Solomon will also serve as the minister responsible for southern Ontario’s federal economic development agency.
“Canada’s new Ministry is built to deliver the change Canadas want and deserve,” Carney said in a press release for the cabinet shuffle. “Everyone is expected and empowered to show leadership – to bring new ideas, a clear focus and decisive action to their work.”
More to come.
