She replaces Dominic LeBlanc who will give up that role, but still remain as the acting fisheries minister.
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Prime Minister Trudeau’s government has made what it calls an adjustment to the federal cabinet, tapping Small Business Minister Bardish Chagger to taken on an additional job: government House leader. But Chagger, 36, becomes the first woman, and a visible minority Canadian, to hold the job of government House leader in the Commons.
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Tootoo left the fisheries post and resigned from the Liberal caucus to seek treatment for addiction.
Chagger also keeps her small business portfolio.
A former executive assistant to former waterloo MP Telegdi, Chagger had some political experience on Parliament Hill before running and winning election the first time past year.
The new role will be a promotion for Chagger, the MP for Ontario’s Waterloo riding. Some insiders say an attempt last spring to ram legislation through the House poisoned relations with opposition parties and created a toxic atmosphere in the Commons.
After graduating, she worked as an assistant to former Kitchener-Waterloo MP Andrew Telegdi for four years before becoming a community organizer in 2009.
“I am so proud to be part of a cabinet that reflects Canada”, she said.
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She graduated from the University of Waterloo with a Bachelor of Science.
