Canada’s PM chooses cabinet, taps MP from Mississauga as a minister [Video]

Mississauga-Streetsville MP Rechie Valdez has worn several ministerial hats in Ottawa in just the past couple of months.

Her latest positions, announced Tuesday morning at Rideau Hall in the nation’s capital, are those of Minister of Women and Gender Equality and Secretary of State (Small Business and Tourism) in Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new 28-member cabinet (see list below), which was sworn in at the official ceremony.

Carney, elected Prime Minister on April 28, shook up his cabinet on Tuesday as he dropped more than 10 former ministers.

Included among the major changes was the ousting of Mélanie Joly as Foreign Affairs Minister. She’s been replaced in that key position by Oakville MP Anita Anand.

Two months ago, on March 14, Valdez was named Chief Government Whip by Carney shortly after he was sworn in as Canada’s 24th prime minister after taking the reins from Justin Trudeau.

In Trudeau’s cabinet, the Mississauga-Streetsville MP had served as Minister of Small Business.

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