RECAP | Carney unveils smaller, focused cabinet with mix of veteran MPs, new faces, and several role changes

With that, we're wrapping up our live coverage of the swearing in of the new Liberal government's cabinet.

Carney has appointed his new ministers two weeks after being elected, roughly half the time Trudeau took to pick his first cabinet in 2015.

It's also a smaller, more focused slate for what the prime minister called a "hinge moment in history."

The 28 ministers and 10 secretaries of state have their work cut out for them with the economy and Canada-U.S. relations at the forefront.

For more details, you can read John Paul Tasker's story about the new cabinet here. And if you want to know more about the ministers who got dropped, Peter Zimonjic wrote about that here.

Toronto MP Nate Erskine-Smith, never one to shy away from voicing his opinion, put out a frank statement on being dropped from cabinet.

Erskine-Smith was promoted to housing minister by Trudeau in December, but has been replaced in that role by former Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson.

"I ran again because of the opportunity to make an even bigger difference around the cabinet table and to help fix the housing crisis," Erskine-Smith wrote on X.

"It's impossible not to feel disrespected and the way it played out doesn't sit right. But I’m mostly disappointed that my team and I won’t have the chance to build on all we accomplished with only a short runway."

Erskine-Smith, who ran for the Ontario Liberal leadership, went on to write "you never know what the future holds," but said, for now, he returns to Parliament "with a renewed sense of freedom.”

With today’s cabinet reveal behind him, Carney can now focus on tackling his agenda, which includes lowering interprovincial trade barriers and bringing in a tax cut by July 1. There’s also the massive lift of negotiating a new trade deal with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Those priorities will be further articulated on May 27, when King Charles will deliver the speech from the throne.

Carney pitched himself to voters as a man who will get big things done. It’s clearly an attribute he will judge his inner circle on as well.

"Everyone is expected and empowered to show leadership — to bring new ideas, a clear focus and decisive action to their work,” he said of his cabinet Tuesday.

Carney's ability to get things done is a standard that the Opposition, journalists and the public will be closely watching in the months to come.

President Donald Trump's envoy to Ottawa offered congratulations to Carney’s new cabinet.

U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra posted on social media that he is "looking forward to rolling up our sleeves and getting down to work together on the important issues that will make our countries safer, more secure,and more prosperous."

Poilievre was asked about the increasingly loud movement from some in Alberta to put a referendum question forward to separate from Canada.

The Conservative leader, who plans to run in the Alberta riding of Battle River–Crowfoot in order to lead the Opposition from the House, said he's against separatism.

He did say, however, many Albertans have legitimate grievances with the federal government when it comes to natural resource projects.

Poilievre delivered a direct message to Prime Minister Mark Carney: "Steal my ideas."

The Conservative leader said his party has great ideas, before accusing the Liberals of copying some of their policies to get elected.

Nonetheless, Poilievre said he wants to make sure the government was sincere about their campaign promises.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre started his speech in a far more magnanimous tone than we've often heard from him, laying out a new vision for the Official Opposition.

Conservatives will oppose the federal government, but not reflexively, he said.

However, Poilievre then went down the list of Trudeau-era ministers who remain in Carney’s cabinet and took aim at their CVs one by one — very reminiscent of the leader we've come to know.

He, of course, will not be in the House when it opens on May 26, after losing his seat in the Ottawa riding of Carleton.

In his prepared remarks, Carney emphasized a "commitment to true cabinet government, with everyone expected and empowered to show leadership."

He added that ministers would "bring new ideas, a clear focus and decisive actions to their work."

In other words, cabinet ministers will have authority to lead, but the prime minister’s expectations for delivery will be high.

If the talk of returning to "true cabinet government" sounds familiar, that’s because Justin Trudeau proclaimed "government by cabinet is back" at his 2015 swearing-in.

That was in response to the perception of increasingly centralized control under Stephen Harper and his PMO.

Nearly 10 years later, here we are again.

Half of Carney’s cabinet is brand new to the Privy Council. And while the prime minister said it was important to reflect the change Canadians voted for, balancing new and experienced perspectives is also key.

The prime minister added that how he himself governs is crucial, noting "we intend to have a true cabinet government."

When asked what considerations went into making his front bench, Carney responded that he wanted the "best possible people in the roles," and that he wanted to ensure it reflected Canada's diverse voices.

"I don't want a cabinet that just looks like me. That's not a cabinet that supports, that's not a cabinet you can delegate authorities to," Carney said.

The prime minister also said he wanted to strike a balance of ensuring his cabinet had some experience — but also included some new blood.

Carney added a total of 24 new faces to cabinet that previously haven’t held portfolios: 15 full ministers and nine secretaries of state. Of those 24 people, 13 are first-time MPs.

"Canadians elected us with a mandate for change, so there is a great deal of change in this cabinet by necessity," Carney said.