By Pepper Parr
May 9th, 2025
BURLINGTON, ON
OPINION
On Monday, Prime Minister Mark Carney will announce his Cabinet.
How close was it?
It is expected to be smaller, gender ally equal with representation from the western provinces where the Liberals in the past didn’t have much to choose from.
The public had had enough of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and the Conservative party built what they were certain was a winning campaign – and it certainly looked that way.
The public didn’t want any more of what Justin Trudeau had been delivering, which meant many of the Trudeau Cabinet might not be appointed. The Carney government is sending strong signals that the new Cabinet will be very different.
The result of the April 28th election found that Pierre Poilievre lost his seat, but the Liberals did not win the majority that many projected.
Karina Gould with her second child at a Burlington fund raising event.
The New Democrats lost party status.
The political landscape was now very different, leaving many asking: Can this last?
After hearing the very progressive and aggressive agenda Prime Minister Carney set out earlier in the week, and then watching how Carney handled himself when he met with President Donald Trump, there was reason to at least hope that we might have a government that would fill its four-year term.
The question the people of Burlington are asking is:
Will Karina Gould be made a member of the new Cabinet?
She resigned as a member of the Trudeau Cabinet to run for the leadership of the Liberal Party. While she didn’t do as well as her campaign team had hoped, Canada saw what her generation wanted to achieve.
This wasn’t her last run for the leadership of the Liberal Party; Not yet 40 – she has a lot of time to build the organization she will need to serve as a Prime Minister. Don’t expect anything less from Karina Gould.
Karina is a person of great integrity and intelligence. She is the epitome of future leadership in our country. I applaud her bravery for entering the leadership race. Her performance in the debates alone should make us proud to have her represent our riding.
Working on the last 3 of her campaigns, I am privileged to see the kind of person that she is. Whether she is in the new cabinet or not, she will continue to represent our best interests; Burlington voters sent her a clear message on April 28th.
Hope not.She wanted to keep a carbon tax.I think Carney will want more business focused people.