Carney holds 1st cabinet meeting with new faces at the table – National [Video]

Prime Minister Mark Carney sat down with his new cabinet for the first time Wednesday morning.

It comes after he shook up his cabinet a day earlier, moving some key players into new positions and promoting 24 new faces in a move meant to signal change at the top.

Carney shook up his cabinet Tuesday by moving some key players into new positions and promoting 24 new faces in a move meant to signal change at the top.

While some members of his team were prominent figures in former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s government — including Dominic LeBlanc, Mélanie Joly, Chrystia Freeland and François-Philippe Champagne — Carney froze out other prominent members of his predecessor’s cabinet.

Carney named 28 full ministers to his cabinet and also appointed a second tier of 10 secretaries of state.

The prime minister has dropped several cabinet veterans from the Trudeau years, including former natural resources minister Jonathan Wilkinson …