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Liberals hope beefed-up Quebec presence in cabinet will help capture more seats in Trudeau’s home province, win them next election, say pollsters
By Abbas Rana Nov. 25, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will appoint six parliamentary secretaries to oversee each of the six federal economic development agencies across the country.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Nov. 20, 2019, unveiled the first cabinet of his second mandate last week. He appointed 17 ministers from Ontario, 11 from Quebec, four each from B.C. and Atlantic Canada, and one from the Prairies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lost five seats in Quebec in the October election, but still handed 11 cabinet posts and control of six federal economic development agencies to Liberal MPs from the province last week, and Liberals are betting on the prime minister’s home province as the path to a third term in power, say two leading pollsters.
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