Ottawa: Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday he would vowed in his new cabinet next month, with Chrystia Freeland again as finance minister and his deputy, after his liberals were re-elected for the third time.
Trudeau, talking to reporters in Ottawa at the first press conference since the September 20 election, also said parliamentarians will return in this fall parliament – without giving a date – and that placing a vaccine mandate that was previously announced will be a priority.
“I have asked Chrystia Freeland to continue serving as our deputy minister and finance minister, and he has received,” he said.
“We will swear in the cabinet in October and we will bring back the Commons home before the end of the fall,” he added.
Liberal Trudeau returned to power in the election which was met carefully, but failed to win the majority.
That means they will continue to need support from at least one opposition to pass the law.
Apart from the challenge, Trudeau said he hoped his new government would last for four full years, and that he was ready to work in partnership with other parties about the main problems.
One of the first will be a liberal promise made to require vaccinations for federal workers and for most domestic tourists and train tourists.
Canada continues to fight with the fourth wave driven by Delta Coronavirus infection.
“Soon we will handle the mandate for federal employees who have to be vaccinated, and there will be an announcement about it in the coming days,” Trudeau said, without saying whether the workers refused to be fired.
While Trudeau did not give a date to swear in his new cabinet, he said there would be gender parity.
Three of the female cabinet ministers lost their seats in elections and someone did not run.
“I will look for, as I always do, to ensure that there is a regional distribution right, that there are various skills and diversity around the table,” Trudeau said.
The only return to the cabinet at this time was Freeland, Deputy Trudeau and the nearest minister, seen by many people as the most likely replacement.
The first Minister of Finance of Canada, Freeland, 53, is an advocate for the work and parenting of girls.
Liberal won 159 seats in the election, 170 shortcomings needed for the majority but two more than 2019, even though a member of parliament was chosen as a liberal would sit as independent.
Conservatives took 119 new chairs and Democrats had 25, while the Quebecois bloc focused on Quebec had 33.
One recount has been requested so far.