Who’s In, Who’s Out: A Look at Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s New Cabinet | The Canadian News

Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced his new cabinet on Friday, and while many ministers remained in the roles they held during the previous government, some changes were made and some new faces were added.

New additions:

• Michael Ford, nephew of the Prime Minister and former Toronto City Councilman, becomes Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism.
• Michael Kerzner, bioscience and technology entrepreneur, becomes attorney general.
• Neil Lumsden, former Canadian Soccer League player, becomes Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport.
• Graydon Smith, former mayor of Bracebridge, Ontario, becomes minister of natural resources and forestry.
• George Pirie, former mayor of Timmins, Ontario, becomes minister of mines.
• Michael Parsa, first elected in 2018 in a York Region riding, is promoted to cabinet to become associate minister for housing.
• Charmaine Williams, former city councilor and therapist for the city of Brampton, Ontario, becomes associate minister for women’s social and economic opportunity.

New roles:

• Sylvia Jones steps down as Attorney General to become Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health.
• Parm Gill moves from citizenship and multiculturalism to becoming minister for red tape reduction.
• Kaleed Rasheed moves from Associate Minister for Digital Government to head the newly created Ministry of Public and Commercial Service Delivery.

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Doug Ford’s nephew enters cabinet as minister for citizenship and multiculturalism

Repeat roles:

• Peter Bethlenfalvy is Chancellor of the Exchequer.
• Stephen Lecce is Minister of Education.
• Steve Clark is Minister for Municipal Affairs and Housing.
• Doug Downey is the Attorney General.
• Vic Fedeli is minister for economic development, job creation and trade, with an additional mandate for small businesses.
• Prabmeet Sarkaria is Chairman of the Treasury Board, with an expanded mandate for procurement and emergency management.
• Monte McNaughton is Minister for Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development. Immigration was not previously part of his portfolio.
• Caroline Mulroney is Minister for Transport and Francophone Affairs.
• David Piccini is Minister for the Environment, Conservation and Parks.
• Paul Calandra is minister for long-term care, minister for legislative affairs.
• Kinga Surma is minister for infrastructure, with an additional mandate for government real estate.
• Todd Smith is energy minister.
• Greg Rickford is Minister for Northern Development and Minister for Indigenous Affairs. He was previously also responsible for mining and natural resources and forestry.
• Jill Dunlop is minister for colleges and universities.
• Merrilee Fullerton is minister for children, community and social services.
• Raymond Cho is minister for older people and accessibility.
• Lisa Thompson is minister for agriculture, food and rural affairs.
• Stan Cho is associate minister for transport.
• Michael Tibollo is associate minister for mental health and addictions.

It is no longer in the cabinet:

• Lisa MacLeod, former Minister for Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Cultural Industries.
• Ross Romano, former Minister of Government and Consumer Services.
• Nina Tangri, former Assistant Minister for Small Business and Red tape Reduction.