Swearing-in of the 28th Canadian ministry

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, signs official documents during the swearing-in ceremony of the 22nd prime minister of Canada and the 28th ministry, on February 6, 2006, at Rideau Hall.

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, poses with the 28th Canadian ministry on February 6, 2006, at Rideau Hall.

Front row, left to right: the Honourable Robert Nicholson, the Honourable David Emerson, the Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, the Honourable Gregory Thompson, the Honourable Marjory LeBreton, the Honourable Monte Solberg, and the Honourable Chuck Strahl.

Second row, left to right: the Honourable Gary Lunn, the Honourable Peter MacKay, the Honourable Loyola Hearn, the Honourable Stockwell Day, the Honourable Carol Skelton, the Honourable Vic Toews, the Honourable Rona Ambrose, the Honourable Michael Chong, and the Honourable Diane Finley.

Third row, left to right: the Honourable Gordon O’Connor, the Honourable Beverley Oda, the Honourable Jim Prentice, the Honourable John Baird, the Honourable Maxime Bernier, the Honourable Lawrence Cannon, the Honourable Tony Clement, the Honourable James Flaherty, the Honourable Josée Verner, and the Honourable Michael Fortier.

The Honourable Josée Verner being sworn in as Minister of International Cooperation and Minister for La Francophonie and Official Languages, at Rideau Hall on February 6, 2006.

The Honourable James Michael Flaherty being sworn in as Minister of Finance, at Rideau Hall on February 6, 2006.

Members of the media taking the official picture of the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, with Canada’s 28th ministry on February 6, 2006, at Rideau Hall.

The Right Honourable Stephen Harper being sworn in as Canada's 22nd Prime Minister, at Rideau Hall on February 6, 2006.