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Montreal Gazette
3 days ago
- Business
- Montreal Gazette
Carney names Quebec MPs Leitão and Housefather as parliamentary secretaries
Canadian Politics By Quebec MPs Carlos Leitão and Anthony Housefather are among the parliamentary secretaries named by Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday. Leitão, a former Quebec Liberal finance minister touted as a possible cabinet minister, becomes parliamentary secretary to Industry Minister Mélanie Joly. A former chief economist with Laurentian Bank, Leitão is a first-time MP. Housefather, who won a hard-fought campaign for his fourth term as MP of the Mount Royal riding, was named parliamentary secretary to Eleanor Olszewski, the minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience. Carney said the parliamentary secretaries will 'deliver on the government's mandate for change, working collaboratively with all parties in Parliament to build the strongest economy in the G7, advance a new security and economic partnership with the United States and help Canadians get ahead.' Here's the full list of parliamentary secretaries: Karim Bardeesy becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of Industry. Jaime Battiste becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations. Rachel Bendayan becomes parliamentary secretary to the prime minister. Kody Blois becomes parliamentary secretary to the prime minister. Sean Casey becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of Veterans Affairs and associate minister of National Defence. Sophie Chatel becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food. Madeleine Chenette becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages and parliamentary secretary to the Secretary of State (Sport). Maggie Chi becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of Health. Leslie Church becomes parliamentary secretary to the Secretaries of State for Labour, for Seniors, and for Children and Youth, and parliamentary secretary to the minister of Jobs and Families (Persons with Disabilities). Caroline Desrochers becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of Housing and Infrastructure. Ali Ehsassi becomes parliamentary secretary to the president of the King's Privy Council for Canada and minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs and One Canadian Economy (Canada-U.S. Trade). Mona Fortier becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of Foreign Affairs. Peter Fragiskatos becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship. Vince Gasparro becomes parliamentary secretary to the Secretary of State (Combatting Crime). Wade Grant becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of Environment and Climate Change. Claude Guay becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of Energy and Natural Resources. Brendan Hanley becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs. Corey Hogan becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of Energy and Natural Resources. Mike Kelloway becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of Transport and Internal Trade. Ernie Klassen becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of Fisheries. Annie Koutrakis becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of Jobs and Families. Kevin Lamoureux becomes parliamentary secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons. Patricia Lattanzio becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. Ginette Lavack becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of Indigenous Services. Tim Louis becomes parliamentary secretary to the president of the King's Privy Council for Canada and Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs and One Canadian Economy (Intergovernmental Affairs and One Canadian Economy). Jennifer McKelvie becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of Housing and Infrastructure. Marie-Gabrielle Ménard becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of Women and Gender Equality and Secretary of State (Small Business and Tourism). David Myles becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages and Parliamentary Secretary to the Secretary of State (Nature). Yasir Naqvi becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of International Trade and Parliamentary Secretary to the Secretary of State (International Development). Taleeb Noormohamed becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation. Rob Oliphant becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of Foreign Affairs. Tom Osborne becomes parliamentary secretary to the president of the Treasury Board. Jacques Ramsay becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of Public Safety. Pauline Rochefort becomes parliamentary secretary to the Secretary of State (Rural Development). Sherry Romanado becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of National Defence. Jenna Sudds becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement and Parliamentary Secretary to the Secretary of State (Defence Procurement). Ryan Turnbull becomes parliamentary secretary to the minister of Finance and National Revenue and parliamentary secretary to the Secretary of State (Canada Revenue Agency and Financial Institutions).
Montreal Gazette
29-04-2025
- Business
- Montreal Gazette
Montreal suburbs: Laval votes Liberal while some races are tighter on the South Shore
Canadian Politics The Liberals swept Laval and took a few seats from the Bloc Québécois on the South Shore as federal election results came in from Montreal's suburbs Monday evening. Carlos Leitão, a former Quebec finance minister for Philippe Couillard's Liberals, successfully completed his leap to federal politics by winning his seat in Laval's Marc-Aurèle-Fortin riding, taking over from Liberal Yves Robillard. Leitão was a Quebec Liberal Party MNA from 2014 to 2022 in the West Island's Robert-Baldwin riding, and served as finance minister from 2014 to 2018. He decided not to run in the 2022 provincial election and joined the board of directors of the Bank of Canada the following year. 'I made this jump because I thought I can contribute,' Leitão told The Gazette. 'It's not going to be easy. Canada faces a very difficult situation with our friends in the U.S. We are going to have to redirect our economy. I think I can play a role in that.' Born in Portugal, Leitão was an economist for the Bank of Canada from 1983 to 2003 and then chief economist at Laurentian Bank Securities, where he first crossed paths with Liberal Party of Canada Leader Mark Carney, who was then the governor of the Bank of Canada. Meanwhile on the South Shore, Nathalie Provost easily overcame the Bloc Québécois's Patrick O'Hara in the riding of Châteauguay—Les Jardins-de-Napierville. An engineer by training and a survivor of the École Polytechnique mass shooting in 1989, Provost is a leading advocate for gun control and preventing domestic violence. 'It's exhilarating,' Provost said about being elected. 'It's more than exciting — it's vertiginous. I'm honoured, but I know — because we have been campaigning and I have had the opportunity to meet people and talk with them — I know they have a lot of expectations, and we will have to work hard to answer the requests of Canadians and my constituents here in Châteauguay—Les Jardins-de-Napierville.' Though she is best known for her advocacy, Provost was emphatic that her priority as an MP will be to represent her constituents. 'My first role will be to bring their preoccupations to Ottawa and make sure their voices are heard,' she said. 'I bear my liberal values in my heart. I won't lose them. But my role will be that of an MP.' In another recent interview with The Gazette, Provost expressed her faith in Carney's leadership. 'I strongly believe that if there is one man able to navigate the economic crisis, it's him,' she said. 'We need someone strong and we need someone who inspires respect from Donald Trump.' Her competitor O'Hara experienced an emotional roller-coaster in the 2021 federal election. The businessman and community fundraiser was initially declared the winner of the tightest race in the country in Châteauguay—Lacolle, as the riding was then called. The riding has since been renamed and redrawn to include more rural and francophone ridings. A recount revealed the Liberal incumbent had beaten O'Hara by 12 votes. The race was not nearly as close this time. With 53 per cent of polls reporting, Provost was leading by over 5,000 votes. Incumbent Liberal candidate Angelo Iacono cruised to victory in the Laval riding of Alfred-Pellan. He first ran there in 2011, coming in third, and was elected in 2015. A lawyer by training, the Italian-Canadian MP has been in office since. The Liberals had similar luck in other Laval ridings. Incumbent Fayçal El-Khoury was voted in for a fourth time in Laval—Les Îles for the Liberals, far ahead of Conservative candidate Konstantinos Merakos. He was first elected in 2015. Born in Lebanon, El-Khoury arrived in Canada in his early 20s, earning a degree in civil engineering at Concordia. Annie Koutrakis kept her seat in Vimy, where she has served since 2019. She is parliamentary secretary to the minister of tourism and minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec. Peter Schiefke won Vaudreuil for the Liberals; he was first elected there in 2015. On the South Shore, Alexandra Mendès won her seat in Brossard—Saint-Lambert, which she has held since 2015, prior to which she was the MP for Brossard—La Prairie. Sherry Romanado emerged victorious in Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne, where the former school administrator and public relations officer has served since 2015. It was a tight race in La Prairie—Atateken, where Liberal candidate Jacques Ramsay, a coroner and former Tribunal administratif du Québec judge, defeated Bloc incumbent Alain Therrien, who had held his seat since 2019. And things were extremely close in Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, where Liberal newbie Natilien Joseph led Bloc incumbent Denis Trudel by under 500 votes with 90 per cent of polls reporting. The Bloc's Xavier Barsalou-Duval kept his seat in Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères, defeating the Liberals' Laurent de Casanove. And Bloc candidate Claude DeBellefeuille held on to her seat in Beauharnois—Salaberry—Soulanges—Huntingdon, ahead of Liberal candidate Miguel Perras. This story was originally published April 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM.
