Jan 14, 2019   SOURCE: PR NewsWire

Prime Minister announces changes to the Ministry

OTTAWA, Jan. 14, 2019 /CNW/ - The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced changes to the Ministry and welcomed new members to Cabinet:

    --  Jane Philpott, currently Minister of Indigenous Services and Vice-Chair
        of the Treasury Board, becomes President of the Treasury Board and
        Minister of Digital Government.
    --  Seamus O'Regan, currently Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate
        Minister of National Defence, becomes Minister of Indigenous Services.
    --  Jody Wilson-Raybould, currently Minister of Justice and Attorney General
        of Canada, becomes Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister
        of National Defence.
    --  David Lametti, currently Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
        Innovation, Science and Economic Development, becomes Minister of
        Justice and Attorney General of Canada.
    --  Bernadette Jordan, currently Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
        Democratic Institutions, becomes Minister of Rural Economic Development.

Rural economies drive our success as a country. As Minister of Rural Economic Development, Minister Jordan will oversee the creation of a rural development strategy to spur economic growth and create good, middle class jobs in rural Canada. She will also take action to bring high-speed internet to more rural households and businesses, and work with municipalities, provinces, territories, and Indigenous partners to meet the unique and diverse infrastructure needs of rural communities.

Effective immediately, the Honourable Scott Brison has resigned from his position as President of the Treasury Board and Minister of Digital Government. The Prime Minister thanked Mr. Brison for his outstanding contributions as a member of Cabinet, and for his decades of service to Nova Scotians and all Canadians.

Quick Facts

    --  The Government of Canada has taken concrete measures to provide
        Canadians in rural and remote areas with access to voice services and
        broadband Internet access, including providing:
        --  $500 million by 2021 through the Connect to Innovate program to
            support new and updated infrastructure and bring high-speed Internet
            to 300 rural and remote communities in Canada.
        --  $750 million over five years through the CRTC's Broadband Fund to
            support projects to build or upgrade infrastructure and provide
            fixed and mobile wireless broadband Internet service to underserved
            Canadians.
        --  Canadian telecommunications businesses with the ability to more
            quickly write off a larger share of the cost of investments in
            broadband infrastructure through the new Accelerated Investment
            Incentive.
    --  Since November 2015, the Government of Canada has invested more than
        $585 million in funding for local infrastructure projects in rural and
        northern communities.
    --  Minister Jordan will be the first female minister to represent a federal
        riding in Nova Scotia in Canadian history.

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SOURCE Prime Minister's Office