Joly appointed foreign affairs minister, Anand takes the helm at defence, Ien new women and gender equality minister, and Garneau, Chagger, Carr all dropped from cabinet

Marci Ien, who has been named as women and gender equality and youth minister, will be the first Black woman to sit in cabinet since Jean Augustine in the early 2000s.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly pictured with her partner Félix Marzell arriving for the swearing-in of cabinet for the 44th Parliament of Canada at Rideau Hall on Oct. 26, 2021. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY MATT HORWOOD

October 26, 2021

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his new cabinet this morning following the 2021 federal election, appointing a new foreign affairs minister, a new defence minister, and adding a Liberal MP from Alberta to cabinet for the first time in two years. Wal...

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