Canadian PM announces new cabinet

OTTAWA:Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday re-shuffled his new cabinet.According to reports, there are 39 members of the new cabinet, including Trudeau, with just seven ministers retaining the same portfolios previously they held.

Melanie Joly got as foreign affairs minister while Anita Anand has replaced Harjit Sajjan as minister of defense, with Sajjan being moved to the minister of international development.

Anand becomes only the second woman in Canadian history to take on the role of defense minister, after former prime minister Kim Campbell in the 1990s.

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