OTTAWA, July 24 - Canada's Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is planning to reshuffle his cabinet this week, likely replacing ministers deemed to have struggled in their posts or who are not planning on running again in the next election, two government sources said.
It is common for cabinet members to clear their schedules and be called to Ottawa ahead of a reshuffle.
Speaking to reporters in Toronto, the 72-year-old minister did not say whether she would stay in government in the meantime, adding only that she would do "whatever the prime minister wants me to do".
The most influential ministers including Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson are expected to keep their jobs.
Trudeau won a parliamentary majority in 2015 but was reduced to leading a minority government after elections in 2019 and 2021.
Persons:
Justin Trudeau, Trudeau, Carolyn Bennett, Marco Mendicino, Chrystia Freeland, Melanie Joly, Francois, Philippe Champagne, Jonathan Wilkinson, Steve Scherer, David Ljunggren, Deepa Babington, David Holmes
Organizations:
OTTAWA, Canada's Liberal, Canadian Broadcasting Corp, Mental, Liberal, Monday, Public Safety, Finance, Innovation, Natural Resources, New Democrats, Conservatives, Liberals, Thomson
Locations:
Ottawa, Toronto