Carla Qualtrough has a new portfolio.
The Delta Liberal MP was named minister of employment, workforce development and disability inclusion on Wednesday morning as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named his new cabinet in Ottawa.
Qualtrough, who was re-elected last month to her second term as MP, was previously the minister of public services and procurement and accessibility.
Qualtrough was sworn in during a ceremony at Rideau Hall by Gov. Gen. Julie Payette.
On Tuesday, in front of family, friends and staff, she was officially sworn in as MP.
“Being sworn in as a member of Parliament is one of the greatest honours of my life,” Qualtrough said in a post on her Facebook page. “So happy to share this special moment today with family, friends, and my great team. Proud to be representing Delta for another term.”
When Qualtrough spoke with the Optimist on election night, she said she was excited to return to Ottawa and continue working on behalf of all Canadians.
“I think we need to work together. Canadians have sent us a strong message that we need to do better,” she said, referring to the Liberal minority government. “I’m looking forward to delivering for Delta, but also figuring out how to work together for a progressive Canada.”
The full list of cabinet ministers includes:
Chrystia Freeland: deputy prime minister and minister of intergovernmental affairs
Anita Anand: minister of public services and procurement
Navdeep Bains: minister of innovation, science and industry
Carolyn Bennett: minister of Crown-Indigenous relations
Marie-Claude Bibeau: minister of agriculture and agri-food
Bill Blair: minister of public safety and emergency preparedness
Bardish Chagger: minister of diversity, inclusion and youth
François-Philippe Champagne: minister of foreign affairs
Jean-Yves Duclos: president of the Treasury Board
Mona Fortier: minister of middle-class prosperity and associate minister of finance
Marc Garneau: minister of transport
Karina Gould: minister of international development
Steven Guilbeault: minister of Canadian heritage
Patty Hajdu: minister of health
Ahmed Hussen: minister of families, children and social development
Mélanie Joly: minister of economic development and official languages
Bernadette Jordan: minister of fisheries, oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
David Lametti: minister of justice and attorney general of Canada
Dominic LeBlanc: president of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada
Diane Lebouthillier: minister of national revenue
Lawrence MacAulay: minister of veterans affairs and associate minister of national defence
Catherine McKenna: minister of infrastructure and communities
Marco E. L. Mendicino: minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship
Marc Miller: minister of Indigenous services
Maryam Monsef: minister of women and gender equality and rural economic development
Bill Morneau: minister of finance
Joyce Murray: minister of digital government
Mary Ng: minister of small business, export promotion and international trade
Seamus O’Regan: minister of natural resources
Carla Qualtrough: minister of employment, workforce development and disability inclusion
Pablo Rodriguez becomes leader of the government in the House of Commons
Harjit Sajjan: minister of national defence
Deb Schulte: minister of seniors
Filomena Tassi: minister of labour
Dan Vandal: minister of northern affairs
Jonathan Wilkinson: minister of environment and climate change
