Scott Brison will replace Anne McLellan, whose term is up at the end of May.

Liberal Kody Blois scored a comfortable victory, with Conservative Martha MacQuarrie finishing second.

The process to bring in a third shipyard to the National Shipbuilding Strategy is expected to start next month.

Now that Norman's legal fees are being covered by the government, the goal is to give the funds to a charity or return it to donors.

The Crown stayed a breach of trust charge against the former second-in-command of the military last week, but the government is facing tough questions about its role in the case.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said if former Liberal cabinet minister Scott Brison had not suddenly resigned, then Jody Wilson-Raybould would still be Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada.

Scott Brison will be based in Toronto and his primary responsibilities will include client coverage and business development.

This is the last week former Liberal cabinet minister Scott Brison will serve as a Member of Parliament.

Monday's shuffle indicates the prime minister is confident about the public face of his government and his key players heading into an election year.

Canada's inaugural minister of rural economic development is herself a first - the first Nova Scotia woman in the federal cabinet.