
Prime Minister Mark Carney to unveil his new cabinet on Tuesday
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to unveil his new cabinet at Rideau Hall on Tuesday — and it’s expected to be a slimmed-down front bench meant to signal a more businesses-minded approach to government.
Rideau Hall confirmed the timing of the swearing-in ceremony on Friday.
Marci Surkes of the government relations firm Compass Rose Group said Carney will seek to draw a sharp contrast between his government and that of former prime minister Justin Trudeau — and about one-third of the new cabinet could be new faces.
“He actually does need to signal some form of change,” she said. “While Mr. Carney himself embodies change, he is surrounded at this point with a ministry of individuals who served under the previous prime minister and the previous government.”