Hong Kong emigrant Mary Ng is elevated as Canadian PM Trudeau reshuffles cabinet ahead of 2019 elections
Ng becomes Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion in a government shake-up that focuses on tensions in global trade
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reshuffled his government on Wednesday, setting the stage for his Liberal Party ahead of legislative elections next year amid tensions on global trade and the rise of populism.
Hong Kong-born Mary Ng was elevated to a cabinet post, becoming Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion.
The shake-up, 15 months before voters go to the polls in the G7 nation, appeared designed to give the Liberals a lift at a time when polls show their Conservative Party opponents are hard on their heels.
The changes laid out by Trudeau were more ambitious than anticipated.
In a first, he announced the creation of a Ministry of Border Security and Organised Crime Reduction, saying the “integrity” of Canada’s frontiers was a “top priority.”