Mark Carney was sworn in as Canada’s 24th Prime Minister on Friday, 14th March, 2025.
Mr. Carney is a Harvard graduate and has completed his Doctoral degree in Economics from Oxford University.
He has been the Governor of The Bank of Canada (2008-2013) and then the Governor of Bank of England (2013-2020). He does not have political experience, but was selected to lead the Liberal Party of Canada on 9th March 2025. He succeeds Mr. Justin Trudeau, who held this role for a decade (2015-2025).
The Prime Minister and the Cabinet were sworn in at Rideau Hall in Ottawa. Soon after taking oath, he addressed members of the Press and the public outside the Hall.
What will he do, immediately?
Canada is in the middle of an impending tariff war with the United States. Relations between the two countries are currently strained.
The other major project is to conduct national elections in Canada.
The Cabinet
The current cabinet is much smaller than the earlier cabinet.
- Mark Carney, Prime Minister
- Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of International Trade and Intergovernmental Affairs and President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada
- Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development
- François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance
- Anita Anand, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry
- Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence
- Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services
- Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
- Ginette Petitpas Taylor, President of the Treasury Board
- Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Culture and Identity, Parks Canada and Quebec Lieutenant
- Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Transport and Internal Trade
- Kamal Khera, Minister of Health
- Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs
- Rechie Valdez, Chief Government Whip
- Steven MacKinnon, Minister of Jobs and Families
- David J. McGuinty, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
- Terry Duguid, Minister of Environment and Climate Change
- Nate Erskine-Smith, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
- Rachel Bendayan, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
- Élisabeth Brière, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency
- Joanne Thompson, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
- Arielle Kayabaga, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister of Democratic Institutions
- Kody Blois, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Rural Economic Development
- Ali Ehsassi, Minister of Government Transformation, Public Services and Procurement