{"id":29522,"date":"2025-03-14T15:29:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T22:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/mark-carney-sworn-in-as-canadas-24th-prime-minister\/"},"modified":"2025-03-14T15:29:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T22:29:44","slug":"mark-carney-sworn-in-as-canadas-24th-prime-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/mark-carney-sworn-in-as-canadas-24th-prime-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Carney sworn in as Canada&#8217;s 24th prime minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">OTTAWA<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0 \u2014 <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mark Carney has been officially sworn in as Canada\u2019s 24th prime minister in a ceremony at Rideau Hall, about an hour after Justin Trudeau formally resigned.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Carney told reporters on his way into the ceremony that his government is focused and ready to get to work.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The new Liberal government has 24 ministers, including Carney, and includes a mix of Trudeau-era ministers and new faces.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Members of the core team that has been in charge of handling U.S.-Canada relations since Donald Trump returned to the White House are still in cabinet.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">They include M\u00e9lanie Joly, Fran\u00e7ois-Philippe Champagne, David McGuinty and Dominic LeBlanc.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This cabinet is expected to be in place when a general election is launched \u2014 likely before March 24, the date Parliament is set to resume.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Here\u2019s a list of ministers and their portfolios:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dominic LeBlanc, minister of international trade and intergovernmental affairs and president of the King\u2019s Privy Council for Canada<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> M\u00e9lanie Joly, minister of foreign affairs and international development<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Fran\u00e7ois-Philippe Champagne, minister of finance<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Anita Anand, minister of innovation, science and industry<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Bill Blair, minister of national defence<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Patty Hajdu, minister of Indigenous services<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Jonathan Wilkinson, minister of energy and natural resources<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Ginette Petitpas Taylor, president of the Treasury Board<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Steven Guilbeault, minister of Canadian culture and identity, Parks Canada and Quebec lieutenant<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Chrystia Freeland, minister of transport and internal trade<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Kamal Khera, minister of health<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Gary Anandasangaree, minister of justice and attorney general of Canada and minister of Crown-Indigenous relations and northern affairs<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Rechie Valdez, chief government whip<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Steven MacKinnon, minister of jobs and families<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> David McGuinty, minister of public safety and emergency preparedness<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Terry Duguid, minister of environment and climate change<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Nate Erskine-Smith, minister of housing, infrastructure and communities<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Rachel Bendayan, minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u00c9lisabeth Bri\u00e8re, minister of veterans affairs and minister responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Joanne Thompson, minister of fisheries, oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Arielle Kayabaga, leader of the government in the House of Commons and minister of democratic institutions<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Kody Blois, minister of agriculture and agri-food and rural economic development<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Ali Ehsassi, minister of government transformation, public services and procurement.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a92025 The Canadian Press<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada.constructconnect.com\/dcn\/news\/government\/2025\/03\/mark-carney-sworn-in-as-canadas-24th-prime-minister\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] OTTAWA\u00a0 \u2014 Mark Carney has been officially sworn in as Canada\u2019s 24th prime minister in a ceremony at Rideau &#8230; <a title=\"Mark Carney sworn in as Canada&#8217;s 24th prime minister\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/mark-carney-sworn-in-as-canadas-24th-prime-minister\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Mark Carney sworn in as Canada&#8217;s 24th prime minister\">Read 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