Canada's federal cabinet before Aug. 14 shuffle
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is expected to shuffle his cabinet on Tuesday, with several important portfolios, including defence, finance, industry and foreign affairs, forecast to change hands.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is expected to shufflehiscabinet on Tuesday, with several important portfolios, including defence, finance, industry and foreign affairs, forecast to change hands.
Here is the current list of federal cabinet members:
- Prime MinisterStephen Harper.
- Robert Nicholson, justice; attorney general.
- David Emerson, international trade; minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics.
- Jean-Pierre Blackburn, labour; minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for Quebec.
- Greg Thompson, veterans affairs.
- Marjory LeBreton. government leader in the Senate; secretary of state for seniors.
- Monte Solberg, human resources and social development.
- Chuck Strahl, agriculture and agri-food; minister for the Canadian Wheat Board.
- Gary Lunn, natural resources.
- Peter MacKay, foreign affairs;minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.
- Loyola Hearn, fisheries and oceans.
- Stockwell Day, public safety.
- Carol Skelton, national revenue.
- Vic Toews, Treasury Board.
- Rona Ambrose, intergovernmental affairs; western economic diversification; president of the Privy Council.
- Diane Finley, citizenship and immigration.
- Gordon O'Connor, national defence.
- Bev Oda, Canadian heritage and status of women.
- Jim Prentice, Indian affairs and northern development; federal interlocutor for Métis and non-status Indians.
- John Baird, environment.
- Maxime Bernier, industry.
- Lawrence Cannon, transport, infrastructure and communities.
- Tony Clement, health; minister for the federal economic development initiative for northern Ontario.
- Jim Flaherty, finance.
- Josée Verner, international co-operation; la Francophonie; official languages.
- Michael Fortier, public works and government services.
- Peter Van Loan, government House leader; democratic reform.
- Jay Hill, government whip and secretary of state.
- Jason Kenney, secretary of state for multiculturalism and Canadian identity.
- Gerry Ritz, secretary of state for small business and tourism.
- Helena Guergis, secretary of state for foreign affairs and international trade; secretary of state for sport.
- Christian Paradis, secretary of state for agriculture.