PRIME Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday announced a new team of parliamentary secretaries that included Surrey Centre MP Randeep Sarai as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence.

With both new and returning members, the parliamentary secretary team now includes:

• Jenica Atwin as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indigenous Services
• Vance Badawey as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport
• Jaime Battiste as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
• Rachel Bendayan as Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
• Chris Bittle as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
• Élisabeth Brière as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development
• Paul Chiang as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
• Julie Dabrusin as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
• Pam Damoff as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Consular Affairs)
• Francis Drouin as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
• Terry Duguid as Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and Special Advisor for Water
• Greg Fergus as Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health
• Darren Fisher as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health
• Peter Fragiskatos as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
• Lisa Hepfner as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth
• Yvonne Jones as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Northern Affairs and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence (Northern Defence)
• Mike Kelloway as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
• Iqra Khalid as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Revenue
• Annie Koutrakis as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Tourism and Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec
• Irek Kusmierczyk as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages
• Marie-France Lalonde as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence
• Kevin Lamoureux as Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
• Stéphane Lauzon as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Citizens’ Services
• James Maloney as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
• Bryan May as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Small Business and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
• Taleeb Noormohamed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage
• Jennifer O’Connell as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs (Cybersecurity)
• Rob Oliphant as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Sherry Romanado as Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Emergency Preparedness
• Darrell Samson as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Rural Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
• Randeep Sarai as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence
• Marc G. Serré as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Official Languages
• Terry Sheehan as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour and Seniors
• Maninder Sidhu as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development
• Charles Sousa as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Services and Procurement
• Ryan Turnbull as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry
• Anita Vandenbeld as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development
• Adam van Koeverden as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Sport and Physical Activity
• Sameer Zuberi as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Diversity, Inclusion and Persons with Disabilities

Quick Facts:

• Parliamentary secretaries are chosen by the Prime Minister to assist ministers.
• The responsibilities of parliamentary secretaries generally fall into two broad categories: House of Commons business and department-related duties.
• Parliamentary secretaries are not members of Cabinet and do not play a formal role in the Cabinet decision-making process. They support their ministers, but overall responsibility and accountability remains with the minister.
• In 2016, the government released the Guide for Parliamentary Secretaries, designed to help members of this team succeed and provide them with key information about their role within Canada’s system of responsible parliamentary government.