Mark Carney to be sworn in as Canada's prime minister Mar 14

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Prime minister-designate Mark Carney is aiming for a much leaner cabinet as he prepares to get sworn in on Mar 14 at Rideau Hall.

Sources with knowledge of plans of Carney's team say he and some 15 to 20 cabinet members will be sworn in.

The sources say many ministers will be switching jobs or losing them entirely. Carney's team has been contacting them over the last 48 hours, informing them of the changes.

But key players on the Canada-U.S. relations file, including Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne, aren't expected to be dropped from cabinet.