Hill Climbers

Meet the first 12 chiefs of staff confirmed for the Carney cabinet

The list includes some first-time chiefs of staff, along with plenty of familiar faces.

Canadian Identity and Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault, left, Health Minister Marjorie Michel, Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson, and Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Heath MacDonald are among the ministers who have named chiefs of staff.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Stuart Benson

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

May 29, 2025

The names of the first 12 cabinet chiefs of staff under Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government were released on May 23, and the list includes five rookie chiefs.

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