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Canada: New Ontario government to have 21-member cabinet

Canada: New Ontario government to have 21-member cabinet

| @indiablooms | 29 Jun 2018, 04:37 pm

Toronto, Jun 29 (IBNS): The newly elected Progressive Conservative (PC)-led Ontario government will have a cabinet of 21 ministers including premier Doug Ford, media reports said.

Ford will assume the ministry of intergovernmental affairs.

Christine Elliott will become the Health Minister of the province.

Toronto lawyer and businesswoman Caroline Mulroney has been appointed as the Attorney General.

Vic Fedeli, the former PC interim leader, has assumed the ministry of Finance.

Early this month, Ford-led PC had swept the provincial election to end nearly 15 years of Liberal Party rule in Ontario.

According to CTV News, the list of new ministers:

Doug Ford -- Premier and minister of intergovernmental affairs

Christine Elliott -- Minister of health and long-term care and deputy premier

Caroline Mulroney -- Attorney general and minister responsible for Francophone affairs

Monte McNaughton -- Minister of infrastructure

Lisa MacLeod -- Minister of children, community and social services and minister responsible for women's issues

Lisa Thompson -- Minister of education

Todd Smith -- Minister of government and consumer services, and government house leader

Laurie Scott -- Minister of labour

Peter Bethlenfalvy -- President of the Treasury Board

Raymond Cho -- Minister for seniors and accessibility

Steve Clark -- Minister of municipal affairs and housing

Victor Fedeli -- Minister of finance and Chair of cabinet

Merrilee Fullerton -- Minister of training, colleges and universities

Ernie Hardeman -- Minister of agriculture, food and rural affairs

Sylvia Jones -- Minister of tourism, culture and sport

Rod Phillips -- Minister of the environment, conservation and parks

Greg Rickford -- Minister of energy, northern development and mines, and minister of Indigenous affairs

Michael Tibollo -- Minister of community safety and correctional services

Jim Wilson -- Minister of economic development, job creation and trade

John Yakabuski -- Minister of transportation

Jeff Yurek -- Minister of natural resources and forestry

(Reporting by Suman Das)

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