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Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled a major overhaul of his cabinet Tuesday as he looks to remake the Liberals in his image and turn the page on the last government.

Carney’s new ministry, which includes 28 cabinet ministers and 10 secretaries of state from every province and the North, includes some old hands but is largely composed of new faces who have either never sat in cabinet before or were just elected to the House of Commons late last month.

In total, Carney has hand-picked 24 new people — 13 of them just elected — to serve as full cabinet ministers or secretaries of state, a long-dormant ministerial designation Carney is reviving.

Speaking to reporters after the swearing-in ceremony, Carney pitched the cabinet overhaul as a nod to Canadians’ desire for change after nearly 10 years under his predecessor, former prime minister Justin Trudeau.

“Our government will deliver its mandate …

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