Online favourite Nellie McClung, "Anne of Green Gables" author Lucy Maud Montgomery; B.C. artist Emily Carr; and Manitoba author Gabrielle Roy are not among them
The 48−year−old star lieutenant to former prime minister Stephen Harper, was one of the highest profile and most media−accessible ministers during a decade of Conservative rule.
House leader Dominic LeBlanc has sent letters to 33 people who received plum jobs in federal agencies or Crown corporations under Harper asking them to voluntarily resign.
Speech reiterated Trudeau's pledge to cut the tax rate for middle-income earners and provide a more generous child benefit - paid for by tax hikes on the wealthiest one per cent.
Newly elected Speaker of the Commons is required to feign reluctance to take the chair and is symbolically dragged there by the prime minister and the leader of the Opposition.