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OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott will take on a key economic portfolio as president of the Treasury Board when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rejigs his cabinet Monday morning.

The Canadian Press has confirmed that Philpott will take over the post occupied by longtime Liberal Scott Brison, who precipitated the shuffle last week with his unexpected resignation.

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Veterans Affairs Minister Seamus O’Regan is also on the move, possibly taking over Indigenous Services from Philpott. He has cancelled an event scheduled to take place Monday in his home province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

CBC reported O’Regan’s move to Indigenous Services as a certainty Sunday.

A Nova Scotia backbencher — speculation Sunday centred on Sean Fraser or Bernadette Jordan — will also be added to the cabinet lineup to fill Brison’s role as that province’s cabinet representative. The newcomer could take over O’Regan’s file at Veterans Affairs.