Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces new parliamentary secretaries

PRIME Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced the new parliamentary secretaries:

  • Gary Anandasangaree becomes Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
  • Vance Badawey becomes Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indigenous Services
  • Jaime Battiste becomes Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
  • Terry Beech becomes Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
  • Rachel Bendayan becomes Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance
  • Chris Bittle becomes Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage
  • Élisabeth Brière becomes Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health
  • Paul Chiang becomes Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion (Diversity and Inclusion)
  • Julie Dabrusin becomes Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change
  • Pam Damoff becomes Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety
  • Francis Drouin becomes Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
  • Terry Duguid remains Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change
  • Greg Fergus remains Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board
  • Andy Fillmore becomes Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry
  • Darren Fisher becomes Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Seniors
  • Peter Fragiskatos becomes Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Revenue
  • Anthony Housefather becomes Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Services and Procurement
  • Yvonne Jones becomes Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Northern Affairs
  • Mike Kelloway becomes Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
  • Annie Koutrakis becomes Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport
  • Irek Kusmierczyk remains Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion
  • Marie-France Lalonde becomes Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
  • Stéphane Lauzon becomes Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Rural Economic Development
  • Soraya Martinez Ferrada becomes Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion (Housing)
  • Bryan May becomes Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence
  • Yasir Naqvi becomes Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Emergency Preparedness
  • Jennifer O’Connell becomes Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities
  • Rob Oliphant remains Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Ya’ara Saks becomes Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development
  • Darrell Samson remains Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence
  • Marc G. Serré becomes Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Official Languages
  • Terry Sheehan becomes Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour
  • Maninder Sidhu becomes Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Jenna Sudds becomes Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth
  • Anita Vandenbeld becomes Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development
  • Adam van Koerverden becomes Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Sport
  • Arif Virani becomes Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development

The Prime Minister announced that Fergus and Oliphant will be sworn in as members of the Privy Council.

Trudeau also announced that under the leadership of the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Mark Holland, and the Chief Government Whip, Steven MacKinnon, the following team will work with all parliamentarians:

  • Kevin Lamoureux will continue to serve as Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
  • Mark Gerretsen will serve as Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (Senate)
  • Sherry Romanado will serve as Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
  • Ruby Sahota will serve as Deputy Government Whip