Indian heritage Anita Anand is Canada's new foreign minister

IndoCanadiansAnita Anand and Maninder Sidhu have landed important portfolios in the new cabinet announced by Prime Minister Mark Carney after reshuffleWhile Anand was appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sidhu is the new Minister for International Trade in the new cabinet announced on TuesdayCarney announced the reshuffle almost two weeks after his Liberal Party won the federal elections in Canada He had replaced Justin Trudeau months ahead of the electionsI am honoured to be named Canadarsquos Minister of Foreign Affairs I look forward to working with Prime Minister Mark Carney and our team to build a safer fairer world and deliver for Canadians pictwittercomNpPqyah9k3mdash Anita Anand AnitaAnandMP May 13 2025Anand 58 was the Minister of Innovation Science and Industry before the polls and in the past has served in the roles including of defence minister She replaced Melanie Joly who is now the Minister of IndustryI am honoured to be named Canadas Minister of Foreign Affairs I look forward to working with Prime Minister Mark Carney and our team to build a safer fairer world and deliver for Canadians Anand an MP from Oakville East posted on X soon after taking oathAn honour of a lifetime to be appointed as Canadarsquos International Trade Minister Irsquom grateful to Prime Minister MarkJCarney for the confidence hersquos placed in me to diversify trade support Canadian businesses in reaching new global markets and help create goodpaying jobshellip pictwittercom1lDfvjtqkvmdash Maninder Sidhu MSidhuLiberal May 13 2025Sidhu 41 also took to X after swearingin and said it is an honour of a lifetime to be appointed as Canadas International Trade MinisterIm grateful to Prime Minister MarkJCarney for the confidence hes placed in me to diversify trade support Canadian businesses in reaching new global markets and help create goodpaying jobs across Canada he saidIm proud to stand alongside my colleagues as we work together to build the fastestgrowing economy in the G7 he added in the post on XSidhus appointment as the Minister for International Trade comes at a time when Canada is battling the Trump administrations aggression towards Canada on tariffsAnand who was a frontrunner in the race to be the next prime minister to replace Trudeau had in January declared that she is backing out from the race and also that she would not be seeking reelection However she had reversed the decision on March 1 saying Canada is facing a crucial moment in our nations historyBorn and raised in rural Nova Scotia Anand moved to Ontario in 1985The Prime Minister of Canadas website mentions that Anand was first elected as a Member of Parliament for Oakville in 2019 and previously served as President of the Treasury Board as Minister of National Defence and as Minister of Public Services and ProcurementAnand 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 it said and listed her other academic achievements tooAccording to Sidhus website the entrepreneur has been an MP from Brampton East since 2019 and for over four years he has also been a Parliamentary Secretary at Global Affairs Canada helping to strengthen diplomatic relations promoting international trade and supporting international developmentThe Canadian prime ministers new cabinet has 28 ministers and they would be supported by 10 secretaries of State who will provide dedicated leadership on key issues and priorities within their ministers portfolio a statement said TuesdayAmong the secretaries basically junior ministers Randeep Sarai Secretary of State International Development He is a member of parliament from Surrey CentreCanada 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 Carney said in a post on X as he shared a small video of the team togetherSoon after Carney shared another post on X where he shared a photo of the new cabinet team members standing behind him as he addressed the media and said Canada has a new government No matter how you voted we are in your service Together we will build a stronger more united CanadaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeveratOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params