{"id":441460,"date":"2025-03-14T12:03:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T16:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada.constructconnect.com\/?p=441460"},"modified":"2025-03-14T12:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T16:04:11","slug":"mark-carney-sworn-in-as-canadas-24th-prime-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada.constructconnect.com\/dcn\/news\/government\/2025\/03\/mark-carney-sworn-in-as-canadas-24th-prime-minister","title":{"rendered":"Mark Carney sworn in as Canada&#8217;s 24th prime minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">OTTAWA<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0 \u2014 <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mark Carney has been officially sworn in as Canada&#8217;s 24th prime minister in a ceremony at Rideau Hall, about an hour after Justin Trudeau formally resigned.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Carney told reporters on his way into the ceremony that his government is focused and ready to get to work.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The new Liberal government has 24 ministers, including Carney, and includes a mix of Trudeau-era ministers and new faces.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Members of the core team that has been in charge of handling U.S.-Canada relations since Donald Trump returned to the White House are still in cabinet.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">They include M\u00e9lanie Joly, Fran\u00e7ois-Philippe Champagne, David McGuinty and Dominic LeBlanc.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This cabinet is expected to be in place when a general election is launched \u2014 likely before March 24, the date Parliament is set to resume.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Here&#8217;s a list of ministers and their portfolios:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dominic LeBlanc, minister of international trade and intergovernmental affairs and president of the King\u2019s Privy Council for Canada<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> M\u00e9lanie Joly, minister of foreign affairs and international development<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Fran\u00e7ois-Philippe Champagne, minister of finance<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Anita Anand, minister of innovation, science and industry<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Bill Blair, minister of national defence<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Patty Hajdu, minister of Indigenous services<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Jonathan Wilkinson, minister of 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