Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new cabinet includes two Ministers and three Secretaries of State from B.C., including former Vancouver Mayor and NDP MLA Gregor Robertson (Vancouver Fraserview—South Burnaby), who is taking over the housing file and responsibility for Pacific Economic Development Canada.

The other full cabinet minister from B.C. is Jill McKnight (Delta), named the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defense. 
 
McKnight, a first-time MP, served for the last three years as the executive director of the Delta Chamber of Commerce.
 
Carney has revived the Secretary of State designation to create a second tier for the cabinet. Out of 10 secretaries, three are from B.C.: Stephen Fuhr (Kelowna), Stephanie McLean (Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke), and Randeep Sarai (Surrey Centre).

Stephen Fuhr

Stephen Fuhr is the Secretary of State for Defence Pocurement. He is a former fighter pilot who served in Parliament from 2015 to 2019, when he chaired the National Defence Committee.

Stephanie McLean

Stephanie McLean is the Secretary of State for Seniorsa and a former Alberta NDP MLA, where she was the Minister of Service Alberta and Minister of Status of Women under former Premier Rachel Notley.

Randeep Sarai

Randeep Sarai is the Secretary of State for International development. Sarai is also a former real estate developer and lawyer, and has been an MP since 2015. He served as Pacific caucus chair and sat on the Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Committee and the Public Accounts Committee.

A notable departure from cabinet is North Vancouver—Capilano MP Jonathan Wilkinson, most recently the minister of energy and natural resources. Wilkinson was previously minister of environment and climate change and minister of fisheries, oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard.
 
A small contingent comparatively
While B.C. has three secretaries of state, there are only two full ministers. Considering the province has roughly 15 percent of Canada’s population, ideally, BC’s population would be better represented with at least six Ministers. 

The maritime provinces have 6 Cabinet ministers and less than 10% of BC’s population. The NDP, BC Liberals, and BC Conservatives have consistently complained that BC pays equalization payments along with Alberta and Saskatchewan but does not receive its fair share of federal program dollars for things like infrastructure projects.