29th Canadian Ministry

29th Canadian Ministry 29e conseil des ministres du Canada
29th ministry of Canada
Date formed	November 4, 2015
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor General	David Johnston Julie Payette Mary Simon
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 (2019–2021) 39 (since 2021)
Member party	Liberal Party of Canada
Status in legislature	Majority (2015–2019) Minority (2019–2021, 2021–present)
Opposition cabinet	42nd (2015–2019) 43rd (2019–2021) 44th (since 2021)
Opposition party	Conservative Party of Canada (2015–present)
Opposition leader	Rona Ambrose (2015–2017) Andrew Scheer (2017–2020) Erin O'Toole (since 2020)
History
Election(s)	2015, 2019, 2021
Legislature term(s)	42nd Canadian Parliament 43rd Canadian Parliament 44th Canadian Parliament
Budget(s)	2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
Predecessor	28th Canadian Ministry

The Twenty-Ninth Canadian Ministry is the Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, 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]

Trudeau has carried out two major Cabinet reshuffles: one in 2018 and another in 2021.

On October 26, 2021, one month after the 2021 Canadian federal election that gave the governing Liberal Party a second minority mandate; The ministry underwent a cabinet shuffle, resulting in many promotions, demotions and removals from cabinet.

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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]

By portfolio[]

Renamed, eliminated and new ministries[]

Cabinet shuffles[]

2018 shuffle[]

On 18 July 2018, Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau carried out a significant reshuffle of his ministry. This included the adding of 5 new ministry positions, expanding the previous size of cabinet from 30 to 35. The cabinet remained gender balanced.^[6][7]

The appointment of Bill Blair as the new Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction was praised by Opposition Immigration Critic Michelle Rempel, in response to an increase of illegal crossings of the Canada–United States border.^[8] The Deputy Leader of the Opposition Lisa Raitt called the reshuffle a "desperate attempt to hit the reset button before the next election".^[9]

The reshuffle was labeled by CBC News as Trudeau's re-election kickoff for the 2019 federal election.^[10]

2021 shuffle[]

On 12 January 2021, Trudeau carried out a shuffle of his ministry.^[14][15] It came shortly after Innovation minister Navdeep Bains announced he intended to stand down from the government and not seek re-election at the 2021 Canadian federal election.^[16] The shuffle spurred speculation of a snap election.^[14][15]

See also[]

• List of Prime Ministers of Canada
• List of current Parliamentary Secretaries of Canada

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