Nova Scotia MPs Lena Metlege Diab, Sean Fraser named to Carney's cabinet
Diab named minister of immigration, Fraser named minister of justice
Two Nova Scotia MPs have been named to Prime Minister Mark Carney's new cabinet.
Lena Metlege Diab, MP for Halifax West, will be the new minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship.
Central Nova MP Sean Fraser will be the new minister of justice and attorney general of Canada, and the minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.
Fraser previously served as minister of housing, infrastructure and communities and as the minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship in Justin Trudeau's cabinet.
Diab and Fraser are among the 28 ministers being sworn in at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Tuesday.
Kody Blois, the MP for Kings-Hants, who was appointed minister of agriculture and agri-food and rural economic development by Carney in March, is no longer in cabinet. That position will now be filled by Prince Edward Island MP Heath MacDonald.
Newfoundland and Labrador MP Joanne Thompson, meanwhile, is staying on as the minister of fisheries, oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard after first being appointed in March.
