Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled his new cabinet at Rideau Hall in

Ottawa on Tuesday, saying that his ministry will have a “primary focus” on the country’s

economy after a whirlwind election catalyzed by tariffs and annexation threats from the 

United States.

“Canadians elected this new government with a strong mandate to define a new economic 

and security relationship with the United States, to build a stronger economy, to reduce the 

cost of living, and to keep our communities safe,” Carney’s office said in a statement soon 

after the cabinet was sworn in.

The group of 28 ministers features a few notable shuffles, including Anita Anand Mélanie Joly as minister of foreign relations. Joly was made minister of industry.

“We have to address and come to a new arrangement with the Americans,” Carney said at 

a press conference after the swearing-in ceremony. “But our primary focus is on the 

economy, and our primary focus is on the Canadian economy.”

“We are at the start of an industrial transformation, the transformation of this economy, and 

Madame Joly, as minister of industry, is going to help lead that, in concert with the other 

members of the cabinet and myself,” Carney continued.