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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday unveiled a 38-member cabinet, comprising 28 ministers and 10 Secretaries of State.
The Cabinet is supported by 10 Secretaries of State who will provide dedicated leadership on key issues and priorities within their minister’s portfolio.
One of the key faces of the newly unveiled cabinet includes Indian-origin Anita Anand, who has been appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Minister Anand has worked as a scholar, lawyer, and researcher. She has been a legal academic, including as a Professor of Law at the University of Toronto, where she held the J.R. Kimber Chair in Investor Protection and Corporate Governance. She served as Associate Dean and was a member of the Governing Board of Massey College and the Director of Policy and Research at the Capital Markets Institute, Rotman School of Management. She has also taught law at Yale Law School, Queen’s University, and Western University.
Minister Anand holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Political Studies from Queen’s University, a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Jurisprudence from the University of Oxford, a Bachelor of Laws from Dalhousie University, and a Master of Laws from the University of Toronto. She was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1994.
Born and raised in rural Nova Scotia, Minister Anand moved to Ontario in 1985. She and her husband, John, raised their four children in Oakville.
Following the unveiling of the new Cabinet, Carney outlined the government’s top priorities — creating new economic and security relationships with the United States, tackling the cost of living, and strengthening Canada’s economy.
Sharing a post on X, Carney wrote, “Canada, meet your new Cabinet. This is a team that is empowered and expected to lead. Together, we will create a new economic and security relationship with the United States and build a stronger economy — the strongest economy in the G7.”
In another post, he wrote, “Canadians elected this new government with a strong mandate: to define a new economic and security relationship with the United States, bring down the cost of living, and build a stronger economy. This new cabinet is focused, ready, and built for this moment.”
Meanwhile, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Wednesday congratulated Anita Anand on her appointment as the Foreign Minister of Canada in the newly elected Carney government.
In a post on X, the EAM said, “Congratulate @AnitaAnandMP on your appointment as Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs.”
