Canada’s new agriculture minister is a familiar face as Prince Edward Island MP Lawrence MacAulay returns to the portfolio.
Prime minister Justin Trudeau, in a sweeping July 26 cabinet shuffle, moved Marie-Claude Bibeau to the national revenue portfolio.
MacAulay was Trudeau’s first agriculture minister in 2015 until moving to veterans affairs in 2019.
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Pablo Rodriguez replaces Omar Alghabra at transport and Mary Ng is now minister of export promotion, international trade and economic development.
Steven Guilbeault remains environment minister and Dan Vandal maintains responsibility for Prairies Economic Development Canada.
Only eight ministers retained their portfolios.
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