Lawrence MacAulay from Cardigan, P.E.I.
Agriculture and agri-food
Lawrence MacAulay Federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
Lawrence MacAulay has been appointed federal minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, and will be P.E.I.'s representative in the federal cabinet.
A Twenty-five-year veteran Liberal MP served as veterans affairs minister and solicitor-general under Jean Chretien. Apointment on November 4, 2015
Other cabinet ministers include:
- Veteran Saskatchewan MP Ralph Goodale is the new Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.
- Judy Foote from Newfoundland is the Minister of Public Service and Procurement.
- Jean-Yves Duclos from Quebec City and the director of the department of economics at the Université Laval is the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development.
- Marc Garneau from Montreal, a veteran MP and the first Canadian astronaut to fly in space, is the Transport Minister.
- Marie-Claude Bibeau from the Quebec riding of Compton-Stanstead, who once worked for the Canadian International Development Agency, is the International Development Minister.
- Jim Carr from Winnipeg, a former member of the Manitoba legislature, is the Natural Resources Minister.
- Diane Lebouthillier, the warden for the Regional County Municipality of Rocher Percé in Eastern Quebec, is the Revenue Minister.
- Kent Hehr, a lawyer from Calgary and a former member of the Alberta legislature who is quadriplegic, is the Veterans Affairs Minister and Associate Minister of Defence.
- MaryAnn Mihychuk, a former provincial cabinet minister in Manitoba, is the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour.
- Amarjeet Sohi, a three-term Edmonton city councillor, is the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities.
- Maryam Monsef from Peterborough, Ont., who fled to Canada with her family from Afghanistan 20 years ago, is the Minister of Democratic Institutions.
- Carla Qualtrough, a lawyer and paralympian from Delta, B.C., is the Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities.
- Hunter Tootoo, a former member of the Nunavut legislature, is the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard.
- Kirsty Duncan, a doctor from Toronto and a veteran MP, is the Minister of Science.
- Patricia Hajdu, the executive director of a shelter in Thunder Bay in Northern Ontario, is the Minister of Status of Women.
- Bardish Chagger, who was the executive assistant to Andrew Telegdi, the former MP in Kitchener-Waterloo, is the Minister of Small Business and Tourism.