Monday December 1, 2025 | OTTAWA, ON [Posted at 10:31 am PT | Last updated 1:04 pm PT]
by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends
New cabinet minister posts have been announced today, during a swearing-in at Rideau Hall at 3 pm ET (12 noon PT):
- Marc Miller – Now in the Carney cabinet, appointed today as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture as well as Minister Responsible for Official Languages. [Quebec MP / Ville-Marie-LeSude-Quest-Ile-des-Souers]
- Julie Dabrusin – Already in cabinet as Minister of Environment and Climate Change, now as Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Nature. That includes responsibility for Parks Canada. [Ontario MP / Toronto-Danforth]
- Joël Lightbound – Was already Minister of Government Transformation and Public Works and Procurement, now is Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement and Quebec Lieutenant. His work includes responsibility for Canada Post. [Quebec MP / Louis-Hébert]
Previous post at 10:31 am PT
In the wake of the resignation of former Canadian Culture and Identity Minister Steven Guilbeault, there will be a cabinet swearing-in or possibly mini cabinet shuffle today at 3 pm Eastern (12 noon Pacific).
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Governor General Mary Simon will be in attendance at the event at Rideau Hall today.
Guilbeault resigned over what he sees as a departure from — if not a complete break from — the federal climate policy that he led as the Environment Minister under the previous Liberal government leadership under former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Guilbeault’s departure from cabinet came within hours of the prime minister signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) about a potential pipeline project from Alberta to the northwest coast of British Columbia.
Roles to fill:
Guilbeault had also been Carney’s Quebec Lieutenant, Liberal Party of Canada and Minister Responsible for Official Languages. He was also Minister responsible for the Parks Canada Agency.
Carney may reappoint someone to those roles as part of shoring up the Liberal base in Quebec.
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