OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney will be proceeding to a minor cabinet shuffle on Monday. His public itinerary shows that he will be at a swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa at 3 p.m.
These moves come days after Steven Guilbeault resigned from his position as minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Quebec lieutenant because of the agreement struck between Ottawa and Alberta which Guilbeault said would erode past climate policies.
A spokeswoman for Carney, Audrey Champoux, said there would not be a “full shuffle.” She also said that a new Quebec lieutenant will be named on Monday.
The position of lieutenant is usually held by a Quebec MP who acts in an advisory role or as a spokesperson for issues specific to the province. As such, that role does not require to be sworn in to cabinet — a Quebec lieutenant is simply appointed to the role.
Carney could also decide to redistribute Guilbeault’s role to existing ministers.
When Chrystia Freeland resigned from cabinet in September, her roles as minister of transport and minister of internal trade were given to government House leader Steven MacKinnon and to Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc, respectively.
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