
Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada
Eleanor Olszewski is the federal Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan) in the Carney cabinet. Liberal MP for Edmonton Centre since the April 28, 2025 election. A lawyer by training, she practised public-interest and environmental law in Edmonton before politics. Her file covers federal disaster financial assistance, the federal-provincial wildfire response framework, and Prairies regional economic-development funding.