Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has reshuffled his Cabinet, just days after his top deputy resigned in a move that sent shockwaves across the country and renewed calls for Trudeau to step down as head of the Liberal Party, Aljazeera reported on Friday evening.
The Prime Minister welcomed the members of his new Cabinet during a swearing-in ceremony in the capital, Ottawa, on Friday.
“Among the most important portfolios, Ontario MP David McGuinty was named Canada’s minister of public safety, overseeing federal law enforcement agencies.Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, who also represents an electoral district in Ontario, is the new housing minister.
The shake-up comes after Canada’s finance minister and deputy prime minister, Chrystia Freeland, announced on Monday that she was resigning amid a disagreement with Trudeau over how to handle a possible “tariff war” with the United States”, reads the Aljazeera report.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has seen his popularity plummet in recent years amid a housing crisis and other issues [File: Patrick Doyle/Reuters