Trudeau is expected to elevate Toronto-area MP Omar Alghabra to cabinet to take on the Transport portfolio. Alghabra has been parliamentary secretary to several ministers, including Trudeau. Trudeau s minority Liberal government could be toppled if the opposition parties unite against it potentially after the next budget in the spring, the first since the COVID-19 pandemic sent the federal deficit skyrocketing. Bains s department will be a key player in the government s plan to reignite the shattered economy once the pandemic is over. Trudeau has been clear that critical portfolios need to be overseen by ministers who intend to be around for the long haul and who can sell the government s agenda during the next election campaign.
OTTAWA Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will conduct a small shuffle of his ministers today before holing up later in the day for a cabinet retreat to plot strategy for the resumption of Parliament.
The shuffle is due to the departure of Navdeep Bains, who is not intending to run again in the next election, which could come as early as this spring.
Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is expected to replace Bains while Transport Minister Marc Garneau moves into Champagne s old job.
Toronto-area backbencher Omar Alghabra is expected to take over the Tranpsort portfolio.
Trudeau has been clear that he wants departments crucial to the country s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic to be overseen by ministers who will be around to help sell the government s agenda during the next election campaign.
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