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Prime Minister Mark Carney has shaken up the senior ranks of the public service, creating and expanding some roles in a continued effort to put his stamp on the machinery of government.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Carney last shuffled his deputy ministers in December, promising the changes would deliver results for Canadians.<\/p>\n

Glenn Purves, who left the public sector in January 2025 to work as an economist at the BlackRock Investment Institute, is coming back to the government fold as Carney’s deputy minister of international trade.<\/p>\n

Purves served as the assistant deputy minister of economic development for Finance Canada for two years starting in 2021 \u2014 a department where he also worked from 2011 to 2018 in various senior roles including director general of fiscal policy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His long history of public service also included stints as assistant secretary at the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat and a senior adviser at the International Monetary Fund.<\/p>\n

David Morrison, the deputy minister of foreign affairs, is moving closer into the prime minister’s orbit by taking on his new role as Carney’s senior diplomatic and international affairs adviser.<\/p>\n

Arun Thangaraj, the deputy minister of transport, is being moved into Morrison’s position at Global Affairs Canada.<\/p>\n

Morrison will also represent Carney in negotiations with other countries leading up to G7 and G20 summits. He will be working out of the Privy Council Office, the nonpartisan agency that runs the federal public service.<\/p>\n

Cynthia Termorshuizen, the outgoing G7 and G20 sherpa, is being moved to international development where she will serve as deputy minister.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Termorshuizen was the deputy ambassador to China from 2015 to 2018 and previously worked as the associated deputy minister of foreign affairs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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