Overview
- Canada confirmed 12 new senior public-service assignments and listed eight executive departures in a broad deputy-minister shuffle.
- Christiane Fox becomes deputy minister at National Defence, Nick Leswick moves from the Bank of Canada to lead Finance, and Marie-Josée Hogue is named deputy minister of Justice and deputy attorney general.
- John McArthur joins the Privy Council Office as deputy secretary for economic policy, with reports differing on whether he is affiliated with Brookings or the Center for Sustainable Development.
- Chris Forbes leaves the Finance top job to serve as a senior adviser at the Privy Council Office.
- The Prime Minister’s Office said more senior-rank changes will be announced early in the new year.