Trudeau Announes New Veterans Affairs Minister After Wilson-Raybould Resignation, Shuffles Two Other Ministers

Trudeau Announes New Veterans Affairs Minister After Wilson-Raybould Resignation, Shuffles Two Other Ministers
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau participates in an end of session news conference in Ottawa, on Dec. 19, 2018. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is making longtime MP Lawrence MacAulay his new veterans-affairs minister to fill the void left by the resignation of Jody Wilson-Raybould as part of a minor cabinet shuffle this morning.

Two other ministers already in cabinet are taking on new responsibilities: Marie-Claude Bibeau replaces MacAulay as agriculture minister and Gender Equality Minister Maryam Monsef takes on the additional portfolio of international development.