A few months ago, Sean Fraser and Anita Anand were both planning to leave political life. Now they both have major new cabinet portfolios.
Anand, the new foreign affairs minister, and Fraser, the new justice minister, had both announced they would not run again as MPs. But they changed their minds with Carney’s arrival. (Anand during the Liberal leadership race and Fraser afterward.)
Our colleague David Cochrane dubbed them the “Freedom 25” caucus on our CBC-TV special, quipping that when the Liberals were down 25 points, they were out, but when the party’s fortunes were revived, they decided to run again.
Both held multiple cabinet roles under Justin Trudeau.
