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Nine government bodies are getting new deputy ministers, including Intergovernmental Affairs, Justice, Finance, National Defence, Canadian Heritage, Health, Indigenous Services, Natural Resources, and Labour.

This shakeup was largely anticipated after a smaller shuffle earlier this summer, shortly after Privy Council Clerk Michael Sabia took the reins as the government’s top public servant.

Absent from the shuffle is any change to the leadership of the beleaguered Canada Revenue Agency, which recently underwent a 100-day sprint to improve services after reports of extensive call wait times, unanswered calls, and other service-related issues.

This latest deputy minister shuffle puts fresh faces in key roles responsible for carrying out Prime Minister Mark Carney’s (Nepean, Ont.) priorities, including defence, justice, and finance.

Marie-Josée Hogue, a puisne judge of the Court of Appeal of Québec, is tapped to be deputy minister of justice and deputy attorney general. She previously lead the Foreign Interference Commission, which studied interference in Canada's 2019 and 2021 elections by China, Russia and other foreign states.

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