Trudeau shuffles two ministers, swapping Tassi out of procurement for Jaczek

Filomena Tassi, whose husband suffered two strokes last year, thanked the prime minister for keeping her in cabinet and treating her situation ‘as a challenge to be addressed and solved, rather than as a choice to be made between family or public service.’

Filomena Tassi and Helena Jaczek swapped roles in a small cabinet shuffle on Aug. 31, with Jaczek moving into the large procurement portfolio and Tassi taking over responsibility for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

August 31, 2022

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweaked his cabinet with a mini shuffle on Aug. 31 that saw two Ontario federal ministers swap roles. During a ceremony at Rideau Hall, Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) announced that Filomena Tassi (Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas, Ont.) will leave her role of procurement minis...

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