ANITA Anand is the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, replacing Mélanie Joly, who moves to Industry.

Anand (MP for Oakville East, Ontario) was minister of public services and procurement from 2019 to 2021, minister of national defence from 2021 to 2023, and minister of transport from 2024 to 2025.

The other three South Asians in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new cabinet of 28 members announced on Tuesday are:

* Maninder Sidhu (MP for Brampton East, Ontario), Minister of International Trade;

* Shafqat Ali (MP for Brampton—Chinguacousy Park, Ontario), President of the Treasury Board; and

* Gary Anandasangaree (MP for Scarborough–Guildwood–Rouge Park, Ontario), Minister of Public Safety.

There are two South Asians among the 10 new secretaries of state that were also named:

* Ruby Sahota (MP for Brampton North—Caledon, Ontario), Combatting Crime; and

* Randeep Sarai (MP for Surrey Centre, B.C.), International Development.

Carney said: “Canada’s new Ministry is built to deliver the change Canadians want and deserve. Everyone is expected and empowered to show leadership – to bring new ideas, a clear focus, and decisive action to their work.”

François-Philippe Champagne retains the Finance portfolio. He will also be Revenue Minister.

Dominic LeBlanc will be President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs and One Canadian Economy.

David McGuinty moves from Public Safety to National Defence.

Former Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson (M.P. for Vancouver Fraserview–South Burnaby, B.C.) is the Minister of Housing and Infrastructure and Minister responsible Pacific Economic Development Canada.

Jill McNight, (MP for Delta, B.C.) is the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence.

The new cabinet:

• Shafqat Ali (Brampton—Chinguacousy Park), President of the Treasury Board
• Rebecca Alty (Northwest Territories), Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
• Anita Anand (Oakville East), Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Gary Anandasangaree (Scarborough–Guildwood–Rouge Park), Minister of Public Safety
• François-Philippe Champagne (Saint-Maurice—Champlain), Minister of Finance and National Revenue
• Rebecca Chartrand (Churchill–Keewatinook Aski), Minister of Arctic Affairs and Minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
• Julie Dabrusin (Toronto—Danforth), Minister of Environment and Climate Change
• Sean Fraser (Central Nova), Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
• Chrystia Freeland (University–Rosedale), Minister of Transport and Internal Trade
• Steven Guilbeault (Laurier—Sainte-Marie), Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages)
• Mandy Gull-Masty (Abitibi–Baie-James–Nunavik–Eeyou), Minister of Indigenous Services
• Patty Hajdu (Thunder Bay—Superior North), Minister of Jobs and Families and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario
• Tim Hodgson (Markham–Thornhill), Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
• Mélanie Joly (Ahuntsic-Cartierville), Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
• Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour), President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs and One Canadian Economy
• Joël Lightbound (Louis-Hébert), Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement
• Heath MacDonald (Malpeque), Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
• Steven MacKinnon (Gatineau), Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
• David McGuinty (Ottawa South), Minister of National Defence
• Jill McNight (Delta), Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence
• Lena Metlege Diab (Halifax West), Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
• Marjorie Michel (Papineau), Minister of Health
• Eleanor Olszewski (Edmonton Centre), Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada
• Gregor Robertson (Vancouver Fraserview–South Burnaby), Minister of Housing and Infrastructure and Minister responsible Pacific Economic Development Canada
• Maninder Sidhu (Brampton East), Minister of International Trade
• Evan Solomon (Toronto Centre), Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
• Joanne Thompson (St. John’s East), Minister of Fisheries
• Rechie Valdez (Mississauga—Streetsville), Minister of Women and Gender Equality and Secretary of State (Small Business and Tourism)

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