2018 Canadian cabinet reshuffle

Justin Trudeau in 2018.

On 18 July 2018, Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau carried out a significant reshuffle of his ministry. This included the adding of 5 new ministry positions, expanding the previous size of cabinet from 30 to 35. The cabinet remained gender balanced.

Cabinet changes

Colour key
Joined the Cabinet      Left the Cabinet

Minister		Position before reshuffle	Result of reshuffle
	Mary Ng MP	Backbench MP	Became Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion
	Filomena Tassi MP	Deputy Government Whip	Became Minister of Seniors
	Jonathan Wilkinson MP	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change	Became Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard
	Pablo Rodríguez MP	Chief Government Whip	Became Minister of Canadian Heritage
	Dominic LeBlanc MP	Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard	Became Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of Northern Affairs and Internal Trade
	Amarjeet Sohi MP	Minister of Infrastructure and Communities	Became Minister of Natural Resources
	Carla Qualtrough MP	Minister of Public Services and Procurement	Given additional role as Minister of Accessibility
	Jim Carr MP	Minister of Natural Resources	Became Minister of International Trade Diversification
	Mélanie Joly MP	Minister of Canadian Heritage	Became Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie
	François-Philippe Champagne MP	Minister of International Trade	Became Minister of Infrastructure and Communities
	Scott Brison MP	President of the Treasury Board	Given additional role as the new Minister of Digital Government
	Carolyn Bennett MP	Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs	Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations
	Bardish Chagger MP	Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister of Small Business and Tourism	Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
	Bill Blair MP	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice	Became the new Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction

Reaction

The appointment of Bill Blair as the new Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction was praised by Opposition Immigration Critic Michelle Rempel, in response to an increase of illegal crossings of the Canada–United States border. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition Lisa Raitt called the reshuffle a "desperate attempt to hit the reset button before the next election".

The reshuffle was labeled by CBC News as Trudeau's re-election kickoff for the 2019 federal election.

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