Canada's Carney unveils cabinet of familiar and fresh faces
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced a major Cabinet shakeup, including a new foreign minister. He's shaping a newly reelected Liberal government.
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Asian News International on MSNCanada: Mark Carney reduces income tax rate to 14% from July, over 22 million Canadians to benefitCanadian Prime Minister Mark Carney emphasised that the tax cut will help hard-working Canadians keep more of their paychecks, with savings of up to USD 840 per year for families.
Newly elected Prime Minister Mark Carney tapped Member of Parliament Mandy Gull-Masty, a former chief of the Quebec Crees, for the historic appointment. Gull-Masty, Cree, of Carney’s Liberal Party, won in the northern Quebec riding of Abitibi-Baie-James-Nunavik-Eeyou, flipping a seat that had previously been won by the Bloc Quebecois.
Canada’s new federal cabinet under Prime Minister Mark Carney is making history with the appointment of three Indigenous ministers, and taking a big step forward for reconciliation and Indigenous governance.
Mark Carney has restored gender parity in the federal cabinet. But upon closer look, men hold five of the six most powerful positions while only one — foreign affairs — was awarded to a woman, Anita Anand.
The Canadian dollar recovered from a one-month low against its U.S. counterpart on Tuesday as the greenback weakened broadly and investors applauded some of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet choices.
→ Procurement Minister JOËL LIGHTBOUND, first elected in 2015, made headlines in 2022 for pointedly criticizing the federal government’s handling of pandemic comms — which in a tightly disciplined Liberal caucus counted as notable dissent.
Former housing minister Nate Erskine-Smith says it's "impossible not to feel disrespected" after being dropped from cabinet.