A breakdown of provincial cabinet changes
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With a trimmed down cabinet of 12 compared to Greg Selinger’s 19, the structure of the Pallister government’s cabinet has undergone a makeover. Some cabinet positions have been eliminated altogether, some have added responsibilities. some have simply had the ministerial title changed. Here’s a look at some of the major changes:
Selinger government:
Minister of Aboriginal & Northern Affairs
Pallister government:
Minister of Indigenous and Municipal Relations
-Includes elements of the former Department of Aboriginal and Northern Affairs that relate to Northern communities.
Selinger:
Minister of Agriculture, Food & Rural Development
Pallister:
Minister of Agriculture
-All duties of former department of Agriculture, Food & Rural Development except rural development functions which is moved to Indigenous and Municipal Relations as part of the single window with municipal governments
Selinger:
Minister of Children & Youth Opportunities
Pallister:
The Department transferred into Education and Training
Selinger:
Minister of Conservation & Water Stewardship
Pallister:
Minister of Sustainable Development
-All duties of former department of Conservation & Water Stewardship Sustainable Development
Selinger:
Minister of Education and Advanced Learning
Pallister:
Minister of Education and Training
Includes: Immigration
-Children & Youth
-Early Learning and Childcare Branch from the Department of Family Services
-Adult Learning and Literacy from the Department of Multiculturalism and Literacy Education and Training
Selinger
Minister of Family Services
Pallister:
Minister of Families
Includes: Employment, Income and Rental Assistance Branch from the Department of Jobs and the Economy
-Housing
Selinger
Minister of Housing and Community Development
Pallister
-Housing transferred to Families
-Community Development transferred to Indigenous & Municipal Relations as part of single window with municipal governments
Selinger:
Minister of Jobs and the Economy
Pallister:
Minister of Growth, Enterprise and Trade
-Northern Economic Development from the former Department of Aboriginal and Northern Affairs;
-Energy;
-Mineral Resources;
-Transportation (policy);
-Community Economic Development Fund Growth, Enterprise and Trade
Selinger
Minister of Labour and Immigration
Pallister
-Labour will be transferred into the new Department of Growth, Enterprise and Trade.
-Immigration will be transferred into Education & Training.
Selinger
Minister of Mineral Resources
Pallister
Mineral Resources will be transferred into the new Department of Growth, Enterprise and Trade.
Selinger:
Minister of Multiculturalism & Literacy
Pallister
-Multiculturalism will be transferred to the new Department of Sport, Culture & Heritage
-Literacy will be transferred to the Department of Education and Training
Selinger
Minister of Municipal Government
Pallister
-Municipal Government will be transferred into the new Department of Indigenous and Municipal Relations
Selinger
Minister of Tourism, Culture, Heritage, Sport & Consumer Protection
Pallister
Minister of Sport, Culture & Heritage
-Tourism is transferred to the Department Growth, Enterprise and Trade.
-Consumer Protection Division is transferred to the Department of Justice. Sport, Culture & Heritage
Selinger
Crown corporations were spread out among ministers, meaning one minister was responsible for hydro, another MPI, etc.
Pallister:
Minister of Crown Services
Responsibility for major Crowns and Crown Corporations Public Review and Accountability Act
What's in a name?
Where some responsibilities of the previous departments land inside Pallister's new government
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