Mark Carney (Trudeau Liberal Replacement) as PM

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The Prime Minister is sticking with the targets set out late last year by then-immigration minister Marc Miller when he set out a plan for future levels of permanent and non-permanent residents.

But economists who have analyzed immigration statistics say that any reductions would not reflect the true number of temporary residents living here and may mean that pressure on housing and services will not be eased to the extent expected.

Official population figures also fail to capture undocumented migrants who last year Mr. Miller estimated could number about 600,000.

The economists warn that Ottawa is overestimating the number of temporary migrants who leave the country once their visas expire. This could have a serious impact on planning, including for housing demand, they say.

I think this government is clueless!
 
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Ron in Regina

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Is this an effort to remove the appearance at least of the Trudeau Stank off the Liberals under Carney, who himself was hand picked buy…Justin Trudeau?

Carney will be presenting a “small, focused” cabinet of less than 30 ministers and up to 10 secretaries of state, with half of the entire team being “fresh faces,” meaning that they have never been sworn in as ministers, said a source within the Prime Minister’s Office.🤞

The secretaries of state will be members of the Privy Council and will be responsible for key issues and priorities within a federal department, added the source, but will only be invited to cabinet meetings when decisions associated with their responsibilities arise? Is this like the accounting game Carney has speculated about? I’m curious to see if it’s just a way to consolidate power, but time will tell.

Liberal insiders think Carney will be marking a clear contrast to former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s “sunny ways” by ditching the pomp and circumstance associated with a big cabinet reveal and will instead present a team solely focused on implementing his ambitious agenda (🤞x2).

That means finding the right balance between the (Ugh….) current, more experienced (stinkers) ministers, such as Dominic LeBlanc, Mélanie Joly and François-Philippe Champagne, and the dozens of new MPs elected under the Liberal banner who were hopeful of being named to cabinet.

“This might be one of the more complicated cabinets to put together, especially because one of Mark Carney’s biggest challenges is he has to make sure that this does not look (or smell?) like a Justin Trudeau cabinet,” said Laura D’Angelo, a vice president at Enterprise Canada.
 

Ron in Regina

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Today (this morning actually) is when we’re suppose to learn the punchline to Carney’s newest cabinet ministers.
The swearing-in ceremony will begin at 10:30 a.m.
 

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I heard a report that Freeland was out then followed up by a report that Freeland was in. If there is one name that still screams "Trudeau" (rightly or wrongly) its Freeland. You can't separate TrueDopes economic disaster from her name.
 

Ron in Regina

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The new Cabinet is appointed as follows:
  • Shafqat Ali, President of the Treasury Board
  • Rebecca Alty, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
  • Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Public Safety
  • François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance and National Revenue
  • Rebecca Chartrand, Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs and Minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
  • Julie Dabrusin, Minister of Environment and Climate Change
  • Sean Fraser, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
  • Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Transport and Internal Trade
  • Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages
  • Mandy Gull-Masty, Minister of Indigenous Services
  • Patty Hajdu, Minister of Jobs and Families and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario
  • Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
  • Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
  • Dominic LeBlanc, President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs and One Canadian Economy
  • Joël Lightbound, Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement
  • Heath MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
  • Steven MacKinnon, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
  • David J. McGuinty, Minister of National Defence
  • Jill McKnight, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence
  • Lena Metlege Diab, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
  • Marjorie Michel, Minister of Health
  • Eleanor Olszewski, Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada
  • Gregor Robertson, Minister of Housing and Infrastructure and Minister responsible for Pacific Economic Development Canada
  • Maninder Sidhu, Minister of International Trade
  • Evan Solomon, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
  • Joanne Thompson, Minister of Fisheries
  • Rechie Valdez, Minister of Women and Gender Equality and Secretary of State (Small Business and Tourism)
The Cabinet will be supported by 10 secretaries of State who will provide dedicated leadership on key issues and priorities within their minister’s portfolio.

The new secretaries of State are appointed as follows:
  • Buckley Belanger, Secretary of State (Rural Development)
  • Stephen Fuhr, Secretary of State (Defence Procurement)
  • Anna Gainey, Secretary of State (Children and Youth)
  • Wayne Long, Secretary of State (Canada Revenue Agency and Financial Institutions)
  • Stephanie McLean, Secretary of State (Seniors)
  • Nathalie Provost, Secretary of State (Nature)
  • Ruby Sahota, Secretary of State (Combatting Crime)
  • Randeep Sarai, Secretary of State (International Development)
  • Adam van Koeverden, Secretary of State (Sport)
  • John Zerucelli, Secretary of State (Labour)
 
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Ron in Regina

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This could be interesting or a complete stone wall, but time will tell:
Hodgson takes over at energy and natural resources from Jonathan Wilkinson, who had served in cabinet since 2019, first as environment minister and then later at natural resources.

Carney will be hoping that Hodgson can soothe relations between Ottawa and Western premiers like Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, who have been highly critical of Trudeau’s energy policies.
The key portfolio of energy went to Tim Hodgson, MP for the Ontario riding of Markham—Thornhill. Hodgson has a background in clean energy as past Chair of Hydro One, but not in fossil fuels.