Jody Wilson-Raybould — Attorney General of Canada and Minister of Justice
Wilson-Raybould is a member of the We Wai Kai Nation and was a regional chief of the Assembly of First Nations in British Columbia.
Born and raised in Vancouver, Wilson-Raybould was also a provincial Crown prosecutor.
Harjit Sajjan — Minister of National Defence
Sajjan has served in the Canadian Army and as an officer in the Vancouver police department.
Sajjan, who was born in India, was the first Sikh to command a Canadian Army regiment.
Kent Hehr — Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence
Hehr represents Calgary Centre. He became a quadriplegic after being shot as a bystander in a drive-by shooting in 1991. Gun violence and LGBT rights are issues he consistently emphasizes.
Maryam Monsef — Minister of Democratic Institutions
Monsef was born in Afghanistan and came to Canada as a refugee at 11. She represents the Peterborough-Kawarth riding (electoral district). She is the first member of parliament to have been born in Afghanistan.
Amarjeet Sohi — Minister of Infrastructure and Communities
Sohi is a former bus driver who represents a riding in Edmonton.
He once spent 21 months in prison in India, wrongfully accused of being a terrorist. Today, he is an outspoken opponent of Bill C-51, Canada's controversial anti-terrorism legislation passed earlier this year.
Carla Qualtrough — Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities
Qualtrough is a former Paralympic swimmer and is legally blind.
She is a lawyer and has worked with the Canadian Human Rights Commission and the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal.
Hunter Tootoo — Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
Tootoo is the only Inuit Cabinet Minister. He represents Nunavut, one of Canada's three northern territories.
His new role as Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard marks the first time those issues have been seen as northern ones in Canada.