Two Ottawa MPPs get heavier work load in cabinet shuffle
Posted Oct 20, 2011 05:17:44 AM.
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Premier Dalton McGuinty is set to announce his new cabinet Thursday and it seems two Ottawa MPPs are getting hard-hitting portfolios.
Bob Chiarelli will remain infrastructure minister, but will also take on the role of transportation minister.
Madeleine Meilleur will head up Community Safety and Correctional Services and Francophone Affairs.
Attorney General Chris Bentley will become Ontario’s new energy minister while Deb Matthews will remain health minister in the Liberals’ new minority government.
Sources say Dwight Duncan, who was re-appointed finance minister immediately after the Oct. 6 election, will also take on the role of deputy premier when Premier Dalton McGuinty officially unveils his new cabinet Thursday.
John Gerretsen, who oversaw a controversial attempt to bring in eco fees, will become attorney general while Laurel Broten takes over the Ministry of Education after Leona Dombrowsky was defeated in the election.
Jim Bradley moves to the Ministry of the Environment from Community Safety, which will be merged with Francophone Services under Meilleur.
Former Energy Minister Brad Duguid will now head to a combined Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation, while Liberal Ted McMeekin will take on the Ministry of Agriculture.
McGuinty had promised a smaller cabinet to match the reduced Liberal presence in the provincial legislature after losing four ministers in the election and falling to 53 seats from 72.
