Carney unveils cabinet aimed at resetting US-Canada ties | World News
Canadian Prime Miner Mark Carney, who won an election last month promising to stand up to US President Donald Trump, unveiled a new cabinet on Tuesday that he said would help define a new relationship with the United States.
Carney cut the number of miners to 29 from the 39 under former Prime Miner Justin Trudeau, but kept some key players in their positions, such as Finance Miner Francois-Philippe Champagne and Dominic LeBlanc, who is in charge of US trade. But he moved Melanie Joly from Foreign Affairs to Industry after four years and replaced her with Anita Anand.
“Canadians elected this new government with a strong mandate to define a new economic and security relationship with the United States (and) to build a stronger economy,” Carney’s office said in a statement. “… This focused team will act on this mandate for change with urgency and determination.”
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Chrystia Freeland, whose resignation as finance miner last December helped oust an increasingly unpopular Trudeau, keeps her job as miner of transport and internal trade.
Former Goldman Sachs banker Tim Hodgson takes over as natural resources miner, replacing Jonathan Wilkinson, who was dropped from cabinet.
Carney says Canada must spend billions to start shifting the economy’s focus away from the United States and is also promising to reduce public spending. His immediate promises are a tax cut and ending all trade barriers among the 10 provinces July 1.
The Liberal platform, which promises additional spending of around C$130 billion ($92.85 billion) over the next four years, predicts that the 2025-26 deficit will be C$62.3 billion, far higher than the C$42.2 billion forecast in December.
