Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweaked his cabinet Wednesday swapping his procurement minister for his Ontario economic development minister.┬а
Filomena Tassi┬аwas moved out of the role of┬аminister of public services and procurement and into the new role of minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario.
In a statement Tassi said that in the last year her husband suffered two strokes and that her move came after she requested a lighter workload.┬а
“I met with the prime minister last month to discuss balancing the needs of my family with the travel demands on me as minister of public services and procurement,┬аa department with operations in every corner of this country,” she said.┬а
“I want to thank the prime minister for approaching my situation as a challenge to be addressed and solved, rather than as a choice to be made between family or public service,” she added.┬а
Taking Tassi’s role at procurement is┬аHelena Jaczek, who was moved up from her role in Ontario.┬а
More to come.
