Carney fills out team with 39 parliamentary secretaries
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the team that will support him and his cabinet as his minority government tries to fulfil its mandate during tumultuous economic times.
The list of 39 parliamentary secretaries include a handful of Liberal MPs who once served in cabinet but were dropped after Carney's win on April 28.
Parliamentary secretaries are not cabinet ministers, but they assist ministers and secretaries of state. They're often tasked with supporting them in the House, during the legislative process and in making announcements.
The job comes with a $20,200 bump on top of their MP pay of $209,800.
"Canada's new parliamentary secretary team will deliver on the government's mandate for change, working collaboratively with all parties in Parliament to build the strongest economy in the G7, advance a new security and economic partnership with the United States and help Canadians get ahead," said Carney in a statement.
Here are the the new parliamentary secretaries:
Toronto MP Karim Bardeesy becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of industry.
Nova Scotia MP and onetime Liberal leader hopeful Jaime Battiste becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of Crown-Indigenous relations.
Former immigration minister and Montreal MP Rachel Bendayan becomes parliamentary secretary to the prime minister
Former agriculture minister and Nova Scotia MP Kody Blois also becomes parliamentary secretary to the prime minister.
P.E.I. MP Sean Casey becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of veterans affairs and associate minister of national defence.
Quebec MP Sophie Chatel becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of agriculture and agri-food.
Quebec MP Madeleine Chenette becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of Canadian identity and culture and minister responsible for official languages, and parliamentary secretary to the secretary of state for sport.
Toronto MP Maggie Chi becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of health.
Toronto MP Leslie Church becomes parliamentary secretary to the secretaries of state for labour, seniors, and for children and youth, plus parliamentary secretary to the minister of jobs and families (persons with disabilities).
Quebec MP Caroline Desrochers becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of housing and infrastructure.
Former procurement minister and Toronto MP Ali Ehsassi becomes parliamentary secretary to the president of the King's Privy Council for Canada and minister responsible for Canada-U.S. trade.
Former Treasury Board president and Ottawa MP Mona Fortier becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of foreign affairs.
Ontario MP Peter Fragiskatos becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of immigration.
Toronto MP Vince Gasparro becomes parliamentary secretary to the secretary of state of combating crime.
Vancouver MP Wade Grant becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of environment and climate change.
Quebec MP Claude Guay becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of energy and natural resources.
Calgary MP Corey Hogan also becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of energy and natural resources.
Yukon MP Brendan Hanley becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of northern and Arctic affairs.
Montreal MP Anthony Housefather becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of emergency management and community resilience.
Nova Scotia MP Mike Kelloway becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of transport and internal trade.
British Columbia MP Ernie Klassen becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of fisheries.
Quebec MP Annie Koutrakis becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of jobs and families.
Manitoba MP Kevin Lamoureux becomes parliamentary secretary to the leader of the government in the House of Commons.
Quebec MP Patricia Lattanzio becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of justice and attorney general of Canada.
Manitoba MP Ginette Lavack becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of Indigenous services.
Quebec MP and former provincial cabinet minister Carlos Leitão becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of industry.
Ontario MP Tim Louis becomes parliamentary secretary to the president of the King's Privy Council for Canada and minister responsible for intergovernmental affairs and "One Canadian Economy."
Ontario MP Jennifer McKelvie becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of housing and infrastructure.
Montreal MP Marie-Gabrielle Ménard becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of women and gender equality and secretary of state for small business and tourism
New Brunswick MP David Myles becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of Canadian identity and culture and minister responsible for official languages, and parliamentary secretary to the secretary of state for nature.
Ottawa MP Yasir Naqvi becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of international trade and parliamentary secretary to the secretary of state for international development.
Vancouver MP Taleeb Noormohamed becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of artificial intelligence and digital innovation.
Toronto MP Rob Oliphant becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of foreign affairs.
Newfoundland and Labrador MP Tom Osborne becomes parliamentary secretary to the president of the Treasury Board.
Quebec MP Jacques Ramsay becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of public safety.
Ontario MP Pauline Rochefort becomes parliamentary secretary to the secretary of state for rural development.
Quebec MP Sherry Romanado becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of national defence.
Former families, children and social development minister and Ottawa MP Jenna Sudds becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of procurement and parliamentary secretary to the secretary of state for defence procurement.
Ontario MP Ryan Turnbull becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of finance and national revenue and parliamentary secretary to the secretary of state for the Canada Revenue Agency and financial institutions.
Carney also announced that Quebec MP Élisabeth Brière will serve as deputy chief government whip and Ontario MP Arielle Kayabaga, who briefly served as the government House leader during the election period, will serve as deputy leader of the government in the House of Commons.
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