Trudeau names 35 new parliamentary secretaries
“Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named his 35 new parliamentary secretaries Wednesday afternoon.
In a document posted to the government’s website, Trudeau named Whitby MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes as his personal parliamentary secretary and appointed 34 others to assist with ministerial responsibilities.
Twelve of the parliamentary secretaries, or 34 per cent, are women. The cabinet itself is 50 per cent women, per Trudeau’s campaign promise of equal ministerial representation.
Here’s the full list:
- Celina Caesar-Chavannes, parliamentary secretary to the Prime Minister
- Adam Vaughan, parliamentary secretary to the Prime Minister (Intergovernmental Affairs)
- Peter Schiefke, parliamentary secretary to the Prime Minister (Youth)
- Michel Picard, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
- Jean-Claude Poissant, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
- Pamela Goldsmith-Jones, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Omar Alghabra, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Consular Affairs)
- Arif Virani, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
- Yvonne Jones, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs
- Joyce Murray, parliamentary secretary to the President of the Treasury Board
- Kevin Lamoureux, parliamentary secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
- Greg Fergus, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development
- Terry Beech, parliamentary secretary for Science
- Gudie Hutchings, parliamentary secretary for Small Business and Tourism
- François-Philippe Champagne, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Finance
- Sean Casey, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
- Bill Blair, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
- Leona Alleslev, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Public Services and Procurement
- David Lametti, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of International Trade
- Kamal Khera, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Health
- Terry Duguid, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development
- Kate Young, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Transport
- Karina Gould, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of International Development
- Kim Rudd, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources
- Randy Boissonnault, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage
- Stéphane Lauzon, parliamentary secretary for Sport and Persons with Disabilities
- Anju Dhillon, parliamentary secretary for Status of Women
- Emmanuel Dubourg, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of National Revenue
- Karen McCrimmon, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence
- Jonathan Wilkinson, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change
- John McKay, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of National Defence
- Rodger Cuzner, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour
- Pablo Rodriguez, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities
- Mark Holland, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Democratic Institutions
- Serge Cormier, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
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