Prime Minister Stephen Harper has moved junior minister Christian Paradis into the giant Public Works portfolio and formally shifted David Emerson to Foreign Affairs.
Senator Michael Fortier moves from Public Works to replace Emerson in International Trade.
The prime minister also brought James Moore, a well-respected parliamentary secretary from British Columbia, into cabinet as secretary of state for official languages, the Asia-Pacific gateway and the Vancouver Olympics.
The mini-shuffle filled the void left by Maxime Bernier's troubled departure from Foreign Affairs last month.
Emerson had been running the department on an interim basis, but Wednesday's ceremony at Rideau Hall made the change official.
A reliable, experienced minister, Emerson is considered a safe choice after the fiasco in which Bernier resigned after admitting he'd left classified documents at the home of a former girlfriend who had past links to criminal biker gangs.
New Look Cabinet:
- Prime Minister: Stephen Harper.
- Minister of Justice; Attorney General of Canada: Robert Nicholson.
- Minister of Foreign Affairs: David Emerson.
- Minister of Labour and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec: Jean-Pierre Blackburn.
- Minister of Veterans Affairs: Gregory Thompson.
- Leader of the Government in the Senate; Secretary of State for Seniors: Marjory LeBreton.
- Minister of Human Resources and Social Development: Monte Solberg.
- Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Metis and non Status Indians: Chuck Strahl.
- Minister of Natural Resources: Gary Lunn.
- Minister of Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency: Peter MacKay.
- Minister of Fisheries and Oceans: Loyola Hearn.
- Minister of Public Safety: Stockwell Day.
- President of Treasury Board: Vic Toews.
- President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of Western Economic Diversification: Rona Ambrose.
- Minister of Citizenship and Immigration: Diane Finley.
- Minister of National Revenue: Gordon O'Connor.
- Minister of International Co-operation: Bev Oda.
- Minister of Industry: Jim Prentice.
- Minister of the Environment: John Baird.
- Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities: Lawrence Cannon.
- Minister of Health and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario: Tony Clement.
- Minister of Finance: Jim Flaherty.
- Minister of Canadian Heritage, Status of Women and Minister for Official Languages: Josee Verner.
- Minister of International Trade: Michael Fortier.
- Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform: Peter Van Loan.
- Minister of Agriculture and Agrifood and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board: Gerry Ritz.
- Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Secretary of State for Agriculture: Christian Paradis.
- Chief Government Whip and Secretary of State: Jay Hill.
- Secretary of State for Multiculturalism and Canadian Identity: Jason Kenney.
- Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Trade; Secretary of State for Sport: Helena Guergis.
- Secretary of State for Small Business and Tourism: Diane Ablonczy.
- Secretary of State for Official Languages, the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics: James Moore.