Canada's new Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled his new cabinet on Friday, marking the end of Justin Trudeau's nine-year era. The 24-member cabinet includes both new faces and veterans in unfamiliar roles.
Carney has given up his position as deputy prime minister and has also removed several key Trudeau-era ministers from his cabinet. For example, Chrystia Freeland will now be responsible for transport and domestic trade, losing her former influential position.
François-Philippe Champagne has been appointed the new finance minister, while Anita Anand has been appointed the minister of innovation and industry. The environment ministry has also been reshuffled, with former minister Steven Guilbeault now in charge of Canada's culture and identity, becoming the prime minister's representative in Quebec.
Carney has promised to radically change the approach to governing the country amid tense relations with the United States. He has called his team a "wartime government" and has already signed an executive order to completely abolish the carbon tax from April 1. The prime minister also announced cuts in government spending and increased investment in housing and energy.
However, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre said Carney's cabinet is merely a cosmetic update of Trudeau's old Liberal policies. "Carney thinks Canadians are naive, trying to hide the Liberals' real intentions," he said.
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh criticized the lack of a labor and women's equality minister in the new cabinet, calling it a "race to the right" in which ordinary Canadians are losing.
Carney said Canada will not give in to Trump's threats to join the United States, and stressed the importance of developing new international trade ties. The prime minister will meet with the leaders of France and Great Britain next week.