By The Canadian Press

Trudeau adds fresh faces to cabinet; Freeland up, Dion, McCallum out

Jan 10, 2017 | 11:41 AM

OTTAWA – Justin Trudeau is making Chrystia Freeland his new foreign affairs minister and promoting Toronto MP Ahmed Hussen to Immigration as part of a cabinet shakeup aimed in part at preparing for a Donald Trump presidency.

Freeland, a former economics journalist with extensive contacts in the United States, leaves the trade portfolio to replace veteran Liberal MP Stephane Dion, whose next assignment has not been made clear.

Hussen, a Somali-born rookie MP first elected in 2015, is one of several new faces in cabinet that include Quebec MP Francois-Philippe Champagne, named international trade minister, and Karina Gould of Burlington, Ont., who takes Democratic Institutions from Maryam Monsef.

Patty Hajdu, a strong performer who shone as status of women minister, is taking over the labour portfolio from MaryAnn Mihychuk, who is being dumped from cabinet altogether.

Monsef widely criticized for her handling of Trudeau’s promise to reform Canada’s voting system is moving to replace Hajdu at Status of Women.

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Immigration Minister John McCallum is also quitting politics and has been named ambassador to China.

Here’s what Trudeau’s cabinet looks like now:

Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Youth.

Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.

Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food.

Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs.

Scott Brison, President of the Treasury Board.

Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard.

Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development.

Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance.

Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada.

Judy Foote, Minister of Public Services and Procurement.

Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Jane Philpott, Minister of Health.

Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development.

Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport.

Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for La Francophonie.

Jim Carr, Minister of Natural Resources

Melanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage

Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of National Revenue

Kent Hehr, Minister of Veterans Affairs, and Associate Minister of National Defence

Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change

Harjit Sajjan, Minister of National Defence

Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities

Maryam Monsef, Minister of Status of Women

Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities

Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science

Patricia Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce and Labour

Bardish Chagger, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons

Francois-Philippe Champagne, Minister of International Trade

Karina Gould, Minister of Democratic Institutions

Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship