Justin Trudeau became the 23rd Prime Minister of Canada following an official swearing in at Rideau Hall.
To the sound of bagpipe music, prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau, his wife, Sophie Gregoire, and more than two dozen Liberal MPs arrived at Rideau Hall for a swearing-in ceremony.
At 1:30 p.m. ET, Trudeau will host a Google Hangout with children at five schools. The public can follow the conversation online at the prime minister’s YouTube channel.
The team will also get right down to work, holding its first cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill.
The Liberal leader’s cabinet includes a mix of fresh faces and political veterans.
Jody Wilson-Raybould, a former B.C. regional First Nations chief who will preside over the justice file, was choked with emotion as she was sworn in to office.
Harjit Sajjan is the surprise pick as the new minister of national defense. He was a lieutenant-colonel in the Canadian Armed Forces and a combat veteran who has served in Bosnia-Herzegovina and completed three separate deployments to Afghanistan
Cheering crowds watched the ceremony on large screens assembled on the lawns of Rideau Hall. Inside, the ceremony featured two young Inuit throat singers, with their performance prompting smiles and applause, including from the newly minted prime minister.
The new ministry shakes up some of the former cabinet configuration, with a new science portfolio and the renaming of others, including a families, children and social development department.
- Justin Trudeau (Quebec) – Prime Minister, and Minister for Intergovernmental Affairs and Youth.
- Ralph Goodale (Saskatchewan) – Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.
- Lawrence MacAulay (P.E.I.) – Agriculture and Agri-Food.
- Stéphane Dion (Quebec) – Foreign Affairs.
- John McCallum (Ontario) – Immigration, Citizenship and Refugees.
- Carolyn Bennett (Ontario) – Indigenous and Northern Affairs.
- Scott Brison (Nova Scotia) – Treasury Board President.
- Dominic Leblanc (New Brunswick) – Leader of the Government in the House of Commons.
- Navdeep Bains (Ontario) – Innovation, Science and Economic Development.
- Bill Morneau (Ontario) – Finance Minister.
- Jody Wilson-Raybould (B.C.) – Justice and Attorney General of Canada. (First Nation)
- Judy Foote (Newfoundland and Labrador) – Public Services and Procurement.
- Chrystia Freeland (Ontario) – International Trade.
- Jane Philpott (Ontario) – Health.
- Jean-Yves Duclos (Quebec) – Families, Children and Social Development.
- Marc Garneau (Quebec) – Transport.
- Marie-Claude Bibeau (Quebec) – International Development and La Francophonie.
- Jim Carr (Manitoba) – Natural Resources.
- Mélanie Joly (Quebec) – Heritage.
- Diane Lebouthillier (Quebec) – National Revenue.
- Kent Hehr (Alberta) – Veterans Affairs, and Associate Minister of National Defense.
- Catherine McKenna (Ontario) – Environment and Climate Change.
- Harjit Sajjan (B.C.) – National Defense.
- MaryAnn Mihychuk (Manitoba) – Employment Workforce Development and Labor.
- Amarjeet Sohi (Alberta) – Infrastructure and Communities.
- Maryam Monsef (Ontario) – Democratic Institutions.
- Carla Qualtrough (B.C.) – Sport, and Persons with Disabilities.
- Hunter Tootoo (Nunavut) – Fisheries and Oceans, and Canadian Coastguard.
- Kirsty Duncan (Ontario) – Science.
- Patricia Hajdu (Ontario) – Status of Women.
- Bardish Chagger (Ontario) – Small Business and Tourism.
