Rosemary Barton, CBC News chief political correspondent, hosts special coverage after Prime Minister Mark Carney's new cabinet was sworn in.- Smaller, focused cabinet is Prime Minister Mark Carney's second — but his first since being elected.
- New cabinet has 28 ministers, supported by 10 secretaries of state. It includes a mix of many new faces and some veterans.
- The 24 new names include Shafqat Ali, Jill McKnight, Tim Hodgson, Eleanor Olszewski, Mandy Gull-Masty, Joël Lightbound, Gregor Robertson, Evan Solomon, Wayne Long and Nathalie Provost.
- Thirteen are newly elected MPs. There are 10 secretaries of state, nine of whom are new faces.
- Anita Anand takes over as foreign affairs minister, replacing Mélanie Joly who heads to industry. David McGuinty takes on national defence, replacing Bill Blair.
- Veterans François-Philippe Champagne, Chrystia Freeland and Dominic LeBlanc keep existing roles.
- Carney is taking questions from the media. Then Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will react to the appointments.
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