Trudeau promotes two rookies to front bench, creates new post to tend to rural concerns

Atlantic Canada MP Seamus O’Regan, a close confidant of the prime minister, is the new Indigenous services minister.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau poses with Jane Philpott, now president of the Treasury Board, and Governor General Julie Payette during the Rideau Hall ceremony on Jan. 14.The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meadea

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

January 14, 2019

RIDEAU HALL—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday unveiled a few minor changes to his front bench, creating a new cabinet post to oversee the concerns of rural voters and appointing a new face to manage the government’s relations with Indigenous communities.

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