29th Canadian Ministry
The Twenty-Ninth Canadian Ministry is the combined Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Ministers that began governing Canada shortly before the opening of the 42nd Parliament. The original members were sworn in during a ceremony held at Rideau Hall on November 4, 2015. Those who were not already members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada were sworn into the Privy Council in the same ceremony. The Cabinet currently consists of 35 members including Trudeau, with 17 women and 18 men.[1] When the ministry was first sworn in, with fifteen men and fifteen women (aside from Trudeau), it became the first gender-balanced cabinet in Canadian history.[2]
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Date formed | November 4, 2015 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Governor General | David Johnston Julie Payette |
Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
Prime Minister's history | Premiership of Justin Trudeau |
Deputy Prime Minister | Chrystia Freeland (2019–present) |
No. of ministers | 35 (2015–2019) 37 (2019–present) |
Member party | Liberal Party of Canada |
Status in legislature | Majority (2015–2019) Minority (2019–present) |
Opposition cabinet |
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History | |
Election(s) | 2015, 2019 |
Legislature term(s) | |
Budget(s) | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
Predecessor | 28th Canadian Ministry |
List of Ministers
By minister
The list below follows the Canadian order of precedence, which is established by the chronological order of appointment to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, then in order of election or appointment to parliament for ministers who joined the Privy Council on the same day, with former ministers being listed last in order of appointment to the Privy Council.[3]
Minister | Portfolio | Tenure |
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Justin Trudeau | Prime Minister | November 4, 2015 – Present |
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Youth | November 4, 2015 – July 18, 2018 | |
Chrystia Freeland | Minister of International Trade | November 4, 2015 – January 10, 2017 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | January 10, 2017 – November 20, 2019 | |
Deputy Prime Minister of Canada | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Lawrence MacAulay | Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food | November 4, 2015 – March 1, 2019 |
Minister of Veterans Affairs Associate Minister of National Defence |
March 1, 2019 – Present | |
Carolyn Bennett | Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations[lower-alpha 1] | November 4, 2015 – Present |
Dominic LeBlanc | Leader of the Government in the House of Commons | November 4, 2015 – August 19, 2016 |
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard | May 31, 2016 – July 18, 2018 | |
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Northern Affairs and Internal Trade | July 18, 2018 – November 20, 2019 | |
President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada | March 1, 2019 – Present | |
Navdeep Bains | Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Registrar General of Canada |
November 4, 2015 – Present |
Bill Morneau | Minister of Finance | November 4, 2015 – August 17, 2020 |
Jean-Yves Duclos | Minister of Families, Children and Social Development | November 4, 2015 – November 20, 2019 |
President of the Treasury Board | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Marc Garneau | Minister of Transport | November 4, 2015 – Present |
Marie-Claude Bibeau | Minister of International Development | November 4, 2015 – March 1, 2019 |
Minister responsible for La Francophonie | November 4, 2015 – July 18, 2018 | |
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food | March 1, 2019 – Present | |
Mélanie Joly | Minister of Canadian Heritage | November 4, 2015 – July 18, 2018 |
Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie | July 18, 2018 – November 20, 2019 | |
Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Diane Lebouthillier | Minister of National Revenue | November 4, 2015 – Present |
Catherine McKenna | Minister of Environment and Climate Change | November 4, 2015 – November 20, 2019 |
Minister of Infrastructure and Communities | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Harjit Sajjan | Minister of National Defence | November 4, 2015 – Present |
Maryam Monsef | President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada | November 4, 2015 – February 1, 2017 |
Minister of Democratic Institutions | November 4, 2015 – February 1, 2017 | |
Minister of Status of Women | February 1, 2017 – December 13, 2018 | |
Minister for Women and Gender Equality | December 13, 2018 – Present | |
Minister of International Development | March 1, 2019 – November 20, 2019 | |
Minister of Rural Economic Development | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Carla Qualtrough | Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities | November 4, 2015 – August 28, 2017 |
Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibility[lower-alpha 2] Receiver General for Canada |
August 28, 2017 – November 20, 2019 | |
Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Patty Hajdu | Minister of Status of Women | November 4, 2015 – January 10, 2017 |
Minister of Employment, Workforce and Labour | January 10, 2017 – November 20, 2019 | |
Minister of Health | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Bardish Chagger | Minister of Small Business and Tourism | November 4, 2015 – July 18, 2018 |
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons | August 19, 2016 – November 20, 2019 | |
Minister of Diversity, Inclusion and Youth | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
François-Philippe Champagne | Minister of International Trade | January 10, 2017 – July 18, 2018 |
Minister of Infrastructure and Communities | July 18, 2018 – November 20, 2019 | |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Karina Gould | President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada | January 10, 2017 – July 18, 2018 |
Minister of Democratic Institutions | February 1, 2017 – November 20, 2019 | |
Minister of International Development | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Ahmed Hussen | Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship | January 10, 2017 – November 20, 2019 |
Minister of Families, Children and Social Development | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Seamus O'Regan | Minister of Veterans Affairs Associate Minister of National Defence |
August 28, 2017 – January 14, 2019 |
Minister of Indigenous Services | January 14, 2019 – November 20, 2019 | |
Minister of Natural Resources | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Pablo Rodríguez | Minister of Canadian Heritage | July 18, 2018 – November 20, 2019 |
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Bill Blair | Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction | July 18, 2018 – November 20, 2019 |
Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Mary Ng | Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion | July 18, 2018 – Present |
Filomena Tassi | Minister of Seniors | July 18, 2018 – November 20, 2019 |
Minister of Labour | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Jonathan Wilkinson | Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard | July 18, 2018 – November 20, 2019 |
Minister of Environment and Climate Change | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
David Lametti | Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada | January 14, 2019 – Present |
Bernadette Jordan | Minister of Rural Economic Development | January 14, 2019 – November 20, 2019 |
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Joyce Murray | President of the Treasury Board | March 18, 2019 – November 20, 2019 |
Minister of Digital Government | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Anita Anand | Minister of Public Services and Procurement | November 20, 2019 – Present |
Mona Fortier | Minister of Middle Class Prosperity and Associate Minister of Finance | November 20, 2019 – Present |
Steven Guilbeault | Minister of Canadian Heritage | November 20, 2019 – Present |
Marco Mendicino | Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship | November 20, 2019 – Present |
Marc Miller | Minister of Indigenous Services | November 20, 2019 – Present |
Deb Schulte | Minister of Seniors | November 20, 2019 – Present |
Dan Vandal | Minister of Northern Affairs | November 20, 2019 – Present |
Ralph Goodale | Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness | November 4, 2015 – November 20, 2019 |
Jim Carr | Minister of Natural Resources | November 4, 2015 – July 18, 2018 |
Minister of International Trade Diversification | July 18, 2018 – November 20, 2019 | |
Amarjeet Sohi | Minister of Infrastructure and Communities | November 4, 2015 – July 18, 2018 |
Minister of Natural Resources | July 18, 2018 – November 20, 2019 | |
Kirsty Duncan | Minister of Science | November 4, 2015 – July 18, 2018 |
Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities | January 25, 2018 – July 18, 2018 | |
Minister of Science and Sport | July 18, 2018 – November 20, 2019 | |
Ginette Petitpas Taylor | Minister of Health | August 28, 2017 – November 20, 2019 |
Hunter Tootoo | Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard | November 4, 2015 – May 31, 2016 |
Stéphane Dion | Minister of Foreign Affairs | November 4, 2015 – January 10, 2017 |
John McCallum | Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship | November 4, 2015 – January 10, 2017 |
MaryAnn Mihychuk | Minister of Employment, Workforce and Labour | November 4, 2015 – January 10, 2017 |
Judy Foote | Minister of Public Services and Procurement Receiver General for Canada |
November 4, 2015 – August 24, 2017 |
Kent Hehr | Minister of Veterans Affairs Associate Minister of National Defence |
November 4, 2015 – August 28, 2017 |
Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities | August 28, 2017 – January 25, 2018 | |
Scott Brison | President of the Treasury Board | November 4, 2015 – January 14, 2019 |
Jody Wilson-Raybould | Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada | November 4, 2015 – January 14, 2019 |
Minister of Veterans Affairs Associate Minister of National Defence |
January 14, 2019 – February 12, 2019 | |
Jane Philpott | Minister of Health | November 4, 2015 – August 28, 2017 |
Minister of Indigenous Services | August 28, 2017 – January 14, 2019 | |
President of the Treasury Board | January 14, 2019 – March 4, 2019 |
By portfolio
Portfolio | Minister | Tenure |
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Prime Minister of Canada | Justin Trudeau | November 4, 2015 – Present |
Deputy Prime Minister of Canada | Chrystia Freeland | November 20, 2019 – Present |
Associate Minister of National Defence | Kent Hehr | November 4, 2015 – August 28, 2017 |
Seamus O'Regan | August 28, 2017 – January 14, 2019 | |
Jody Wilson-Raybould | January 14, 2019 – February 12, 2019 | |
Harjit Sajjan (acting) | February 12, 2019 – March 1, 2019 | |
Lawrence MacAulay | March 1, 2019 – Present | |
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons | Dominic LeBlanc | November 4, 2015 – August 19, 2016 |
Bardish Chagger | August 19, 2016 – November 20, 2019 | |
Pablo Rodríguez | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons | Arnold Chan | November 4, 2015 – September 14, 2017 |
Chris Bittle | September 14, 2017 – November 20, 2019 | |
Kirsty Duncan | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food | Lawrence MacAulay | November 4, 2015 – March 1, 2019 |
Marie-Claude Bibeau | March 1, 2019 – Present | |
Minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency | Navdeep Bains | November 4, 2015 – Present |
Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction | Bill Blair | July 18, 2018 – Present |
Minister of Canadian Heritage | Mélanie Joly | November 4, 2015 – July 18, 2018 |
Pablo Rodríguez | July 18, 2018 – November 20, 2019 | |
Steven Guilbeault | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Minister responsible for the Canadian Dairy Commission | Lawrence MacAulay | November 4, 2015 – March 1, 2019 |
Marie-Claude Bibeau | March 1, 2019 – Present | |
Minister for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation | Jean-Yves Duclos | November 4, 2015 – Present |
Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency | Navdeep Bains | November 4, 2015 – Present |
Minister for Canada Post Corporation | Judy Foote | November 4, 2015 – August 24, 2017 |
Jim Carr (acting) | August 24, 2017 – August 28, 2017 | |
Carla Qualtrough | August 28, 2017 – November 20, 2019 | |
Anita Anand | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations[lower-alpha 1] | Carolyn Bennett | November 4, 2015 – Present |
Minister of Democratic Institutions | Maryam Monsef | November 4, 2015 – February 1, 2017 |
Karina Gould | February 1, 2017 – November 20, 2019 | |
Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec | Navdeep Bains | November 4, 2015 – Present |
Minister of Employment, Workforce, and Labour | MaryAnn Mihychuk | November 4, 2015 – January 10, 2017 |
Patty Hajdu | January 10, 2017 – November 20, 2019 | |
Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion | Carla Qualtrough | November 20, 2019 – Present |
Minister of Environment and Climate Change | Catherine McKenna | November 4, 2015 – November 20, 2019 |
Jonathan Wilkinson | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Minister of Families, Children and Social Development | Jean-Yves Duclos | November 4, 2015 – November 20, 2019 |
Ahmed Hussen | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario | Navdeep Bains | November 4, 2015 – Present |
Minister for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | Navdeep Bains | November 4, 2015 – Present |
Minister of Finance | Bill Morneau | November 4, 2015 – August 17, 2020 |
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard | Hunter Tootoo | November 4, 2015 – May 31, 2016 |
Dominic LeBlanc | May 31, 2016 – July 18, 2018 | |
Jonathan Wilkinson | July 18, 2018 – November 20, 2019 | |
Bernadette Jordan | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Stéphane Dion | November 4, 2015 – January 10, 2017 |
Chrystia Freeland | January 10, 2017 – November 20, 2019 | |
François-Philippe Champagne | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Minister of Health | Jane Philpott | November 4, 2015 – August 28, 2017 |
Ginette Petitpas Taylor | August 28, 2017 – November 20, 2019 | |
Patty Hajdu | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship | John McCallum | November 4, 2015 – January 10, 2017 |
Ahmed Hussen | January 10, 2017 – November 20, 2019 | |
Marco Mendicino | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Minister of Indigenous Services | Jane Philpott | August 28, 2017 – January 14, 2019 |
Seamus O'Regan | January 14, 2019 – November 20, 2019 | |
Marc Miller | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Minister of Infrastructure and Communities | Amarjeet Sohi | November 4, 2015 – July 18, 2018 |
François-Philippe Champagne | July 18, 2018 – November 20, 2019 | |
Catherine McKenna | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development | Navdeep Bains | November 4, 2015 – Present |
Minister of International Development | Marie-Claude Bibeau | November 4, 2015 – March 1, 2019 |
Maryam Monsef | March 1, 2019 – November 20, 2019 | |
Karina Gould | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Minister of International Trade | Chrystia Freeland | November 4, 2015 – January 10, 2017 |
François-Philippe Champagne | January 10, 2017 – July 18, 2018 | |
Minister of International Trade Diversification | Jim Carr | July 18, 2018 – Present |
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Youth | Justin Trudeau | November 4, 2015 – July 18, 2018 |
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Northern Affairs and Internal Trade | Dominic LeBlanc | July 18, 2018 – November 20, 2019 |
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs | Chrystia Freeland | November 20, 2019 – Present |
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada | Jody Wilson-Raybould | November 4, 2015 – January 14, 2019 |
David Lametti | January 14, 2019 – Present | |
Minister responsible for National Capital Commission | Mélanie Joly | November 4, 2015 – July 18, 2018 |
Pablo Rodríguez | July 18, 2018 – November 20, 2019 | |
Steven Guilbeault | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Minister of National Defence | Harjit Sajjan | November 4, 2015 – Present |
Minister of National Revenue | Diane Lebouthillier | November 4, 2015 – Present |
Minister of Natural Resources | Jim Carr | November 4, 2015 – July 18, 2018 |
Amarjeet Sohi | July 18, 2018 – November 20, 2019 | |
Seamus O'Regan | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness | Ralph Goodale | November 4, 2015 – November 20, 2019 |
Bill Blair | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibility[lower-alpha 2] | Judy Foote | November 4, 2015 – August 24, 2017 |
Jim Carr (acting) | August 24, 2017 – August 28, 2017 | |
Carla Qualtrough | August 28, 2017 – November 20, 2019 | |
Anita Anand | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Minister of Rural Economic Development | Bernadette Jordan | January 14, 2019 – November 20, 2019 |
Maryam Monsef | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Minister of Science | Kirsty Duncan | November 4, 2015 – July 18, 2018 |
Minister of Science and Sport | Kirsty Duncan | July 18, 2018 – November 20, 2019 |
Navdeep Bains | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Minister of Seniors | Filomena Tassi | July 18, 2018 – November 20, 2019 |
Deb Schulte | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Minister of Small Business and Tourism | Bardish Chagger | November 4, 2015 – July 18, 2018 |
Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion | Mary Ng | July 18, 2018 – Present |
Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities | Carla Qualtrough | November 4, 2015 – August 28, 2017 |
Kent Hehr | August 28, 2017 – January 25, 2018 | |
Kirsty Duncan | January 25, 2018 – Present | |
Minister of Status of Women | Patty Hajdu | November 4, 2015 – February 1, 2017 |
Maryam Monsef | February 1, 2017 – December 12, 2018 | |
Minister for Women and Gender Equality | Maryam Monsef | December 13, 2018 – Present |
Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie | Mélanie Joly | July 18, 2018 – Present |
Minister of Transport | Marc Garneau | November 4, 2015 – Present |
Minister of Veterans Affairs | Kent Hehr | November 4, 2015 – August 28, 2017 |
Seamus O'Regan | August 28, 2017 – January 14, 2019 | |
Jody Wilson-Raybould | January 14, 2019 – February 12, 2019 | |
Harjit Sajjan (acting) | February 12, 2019 – March 1, 2019 | |
Lawrence MacAulay | March 1, 2019 – Present | |
Minister of Western Economic Diversification | Navdeep Bains | November 4, 2015 – Present |
Minister responsible for La Francophonie | Marie-Claude Bibeau | November 4, 2015 – July 18, 2018 |
President of the Treasury Board | Scott Brison | November 4, 2015 – January 14, 2019 |
Jane Philpott | January 14, 2019 – March 4, 2019 | |
Carla Qualtrough (acting) | March 4, 2019 – March 18, 2019 | |
Joyce Murray | March 18, 2019 – November 20, 2019 | |
Jean-Yves Duclos | November 20, 2019 – Present | |
Receiver General for Canada | Judy Foote | November 4, 2015 – August 24, 2017 |
Jim Carr (acting) | August 24, 2017 – August 28, 2017 | |
Carla Qualtrough | August 28, 2017 – Present | |
Registrar General of Canada | Navdeep Bains | November 4, 2015 – Present |
Offices not of the Cabinet | ||
Leader of the Government in the Senate | Vacant (Jim Cowan was acting) | November 4, 2015 – March 18, 2016 |
Representative of the Government in the Senate | Peter Harder | March 18, 2016 – Present |
Renamed, eliminated, and new ministries
Name at the end of the Twenty-Eighth Ministry | Name in the Twenty-Ninth Ministry |
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Prime Minister | |
Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Minister for the Arctic Council | Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Minister of Indigenous Services |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister of State (Foreign Affairs and Consular) | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada | |
Minister of Health | |
Minister of Public Works and Government Services | Minister of Public Services and Procurement |
President of the Treasury Board | |
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons | |
Minister of National Defence | |
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism, and Agriculture) | Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister of Small Business and Tourism |
Minister of International Development Minister for La Francophonie | Minister of International Development and La Francophonie |
Minister of Industry Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency) Minister of State (Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario) Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) | Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development |
Minister of Infrastructure, Communities, and Intergovernmental Affairs | Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Youth |
Minister of the Environment | Minister of Environment and Climate Change |
Minister of Transport | |
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans | Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard |
Associate Minister of National Defence | |
Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness | |
Minister of International Trade | |
Minister of Finance Minister of State (Finance) | Minister of Finance |
Minister of National Revenue | |
Minister of Employment and Social Development Minister of Labour Minister of State (Social Development) | Minister of Employment, Workforce Development, and Labour Minister of Families, Children, and Social Development |
Minister for Democratic Reform President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada | Minister of Democratic Institutions |
Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages Minister for Multiculturalism Minister of State (Multiculturalism) | Minister of Canadian Heritage |
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration | Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship |
Minister responsible for Status of Women | Minister of Status of Women |
Minister of Natural Resources | |
Minister of Veterans Affairs | |
Minister of State (Seniors) | Minister of Families, Children, and Social Development |
Minister of State (Sport) | Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities |
Minister of State (Science and Technology) | Minister of Science |
See also
- List of Prime Ministers of Canada
- List of current Parliamentary Secretaries of Canada
Notes
References
- "Trudeau adds 5 new ministers in cabinet shakeup that puts focus on seniors, border security | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- "Full list of Justin Trudeau's cabinet". CBC News. November 4, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
- Heritage, Government of Canada; Canadian. "Table of Precedence for Canada". pch.gc.ca. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
- "Trudeau cabinet shuffle brings new faces, several changes for run-up to 2019 campaign". CBC News. July 18, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- "Complete list of Justin Trudeau's updated cabinet". CBC News. July 18, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
Succession
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Preceded by 28th Canadian Ministry |
29th Canadian Ministry 2015–present |
Incumbent |