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Selinger unveils new cabinet
Premier Greg Selinger introduced his new 19-member cabinet Tuesday afternoon.
Insiders said the new posts were being made up until the last minute. Some ministerial responsibilties have changed or departments renamed.
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New faces in the cabinet are:
- Jennifer Howard - labour and immigration and minister responsible for persons with disabilities;
- Bill Blaikie - conservation and government house leader;
- Flor Marcelino - culture, heritage and tourism;
Other changes to the cabinet include:
- Rosann Wowchuk - finance;
- Andrew Swan - justice and attorney general;
- Stan Struthers - agriculture, food and rural initiatives;
- Kerri Irvin-Ross - housing and community development;
- Robinson - aboriginal and northern affairs;
- Steve Ashton - infrastructure and transportation;
- Jim Rondeau - healthy living, citizenship and youth;
- Peter Bjornson - minister of entrepreneurship, training and trade;
- Dave Chomiak - minister of innovation, energy and mines;
- Nancy Allan - minister of education; and
- Ron Lemieux - minister of local government.
Ministers keeping their existing portfolios include:
- Theresa Oswald - health;
- Gord Mackintosh - family services, plus additional responsibility of consumer affairs;
- Diane McGifford - advanced education and literacy; and
- Christine Melnick - minister of water stewardship.
Premier Selinger will take over federal-provincial relations, and he will retain responsibility for francophone affairs.
Rosann Wowchuk and Eric Robinson will serve as deputy premiers.
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Posted by: SUN TZU
November 4, 2009 at 2:07 PM
Ridiculous! There are only a million or so people in Manitoba. Add to this list the managers and elected officials of the city of Winnipeg and other municipalities. So much overlap of responsibility. So much waste of money. So little talent. We should change the provincial slogan to “Manitoba – where we save you from yourself”
Posted by: SUN TZU
November 4, 2009 at 1:52 PM
Ridiculous! There are only a million or so people in Manitoba. Add to this list the managers and elected officials of the city of Winnipeg and other municipalities. So much overlap of responsibility. So much waste of money. So little talent. We should change the provincial slogan to “Manitoba – where we save you from yourself”
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November 4, 2009 at 7:18 AM
Wow! Seems like there are more ministers than back-benchers and this can't be good for the taxpayers' pocketbooks. Why can't the Minister of Education also take the 'Advanced Ed & Literacy' portfolio. There are multiple examples where the cabinet could have been reduced to 13 or 14 ministers, AT THE MOST, possibly even fewer than that.
When the Leg. sits for so few days each year, (there seems to be more breaks than there are days in the house) this would give the ministers with double portfolios ample time to do a better than average job on their duties.
C'mon Mr. Selinger, do the right and responsible thing and pare down this unruly cabinet.
Posted by: Tulip
November 4, 2009 at 6:48 AM
Who is responsible for the not-for-profit organizations in Manitoba and all the volunteers that keep these programs and services alive? Point of clarification, Greg Dewar is an MLA and yes, he is intelligent.
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November 3, 2009 at 8:05 PM
Chomiak innovative????????????This guy is dead from the nose down, he could have been replaced with another inteligent MP, the one and only Greg Dewar.
Posted by: IStillLoveWpg
November 3, 2009 at 7:32 PM
I am so happy that Kerri Irvin-Ross has been removed from the Healthy Living portfolio. She has provided no direction in the addictions field - in fact, she has created mass confusion due to her lack of awareness of the issues (not to mention her disrespect). Good luck to her in her new position.
We were celebrating Minister Rondeau today - hopefully he will be able to clean up the mess that she has left...and give us hope. At the very least if he can define "healthy living" (unlike his predecessor) we are way ahead of the game!
Posted by: Paris House
November 3, 2009 at 6:53 PM
Strategically....well done Premier Selinger. Ms. Irvin-Ross is an interesting choice for Housing portfolio. Big challenges there especially when the NDP has been captured by an inept Bureaucracy in that portfolio. We think she will rise to the challenge and build community partnerships rather than the smoke and mirror announcements that have had the public scratching their heads over the past few years.
The next step is the changing of the Guard with DM's and ADM's. We think Premier Selinger will be involved and engaged with this crucial process. Remember where you came from and how you got there Premier. It is a new era and has promise of the best era historically for citizens of Manitoba. Balance has been Gary Doer's mantra over the years....Premier Selinger has the opportunity to make that phrase of "Balance" ring with sincerity minus the sports analogy and a toothy grin.
Posted by: BrianL
November 3, 2009 at 5:24 PM
Why hasn't McGifford been canned yet?
Posted by: Libby
November 3, 2009 at 5:09 PM
both opposition parties have said that Manitoba shouldn't need more than 13 or 14 ministers to run things and for once I agree.
Posted by: Taxpayer
November 3, 2009 at 4:28 PM
Andrew Swan as justice minister.I give him about a week before he starts making Chomiak look good.
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