Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will shuffle his cabinet Friday, multiple sources have told CBC News.
He’s got big gaps to fill on his front bench after a series of resignations in recent months, including Chrystia Freeland’s bombshell departure earlier this week.
While Trudeau is facing pressure to resign from some caucus members who accuse him of mismanaging his relationship with Freeland, his former right hand, he still has to deal with the immediate task before him: governing the country.
Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc is pulling triple-duty because he also holds the public safety and intergovernmental affairs portfolios, an enormous workload for one minister.
Anita Anand is serving as both president of the Treasury Board and transport minister. Ginette Petitpas Taylor is the employment minister, the minister for official languages and the Veterans Affairs minister.
This shuffle will be a “consequential one,” sources said.
The people who are not running again in the next election will be out of cabinet …