When Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled his new cabinet this week, there were 15 fresh faces among the group. There were also 13 who had served in the previous cabinet of Justin Trudeau.

Carney insists his cabinet strikes the right balance between "new perspectives" and experienced voices, but opposition critics have seized on the Trudeau-era holdovers as evidence that the new Liberal government represents more of the same.

"There is a great deal of change in this cabinet, by necessity," Carney …