Welcome to the Investing News Network’s weekly look at the best-performing Canadian mining stocks on the TSX, TSXV and CSE, starting with a round-up of Canadian and US news impacting the resource sector.Newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced his cabinet on Tuesday (May 13). Among his selections was Tim Hodgson, the Member of Parliament from Markham-Thornhill, as the new Minister of Energy and Natural Resources.Hodgson’s portfolio will involve overseeing Canada’s resource sector. His selection has been seen as a nod to Alberta’s oil and gas sector due to his time serving as a board member of MEG Energy (TSX:MEG,OTC Pink:MEGEF), an oilsands producer based in Calgary.Hodgson also spent time running Goldman Sachs’ (NYSE:GS) Canadian operations, where he advised the Bank of Canada during Carney’s tenure as the central bank’s governor.South of the border, the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics released…
