{"id":13648,"date":"2018-06-29T11:01:22","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T15:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=13648"},"modified":"2018-06-29T11:03:34","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T15:03:34","slug":"doug-for-announces-new-ministers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2018\/06\/29\/doug-for-announces-new-ministers\/","title":{"rendered":"Doug Ford Announces New Ministers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Doug Ford is today joining thousands of people on the front steps of Ontario&#8217;s legislature as Ontario&#8217;s first ever Government for the People is sworn-in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will never forget why I&#8217;m here: to work for the people of Ontario,&#8221; said Ford. &#8220;I promised the people that I would help make our great province the best place in North America when it comes to business, creating jobs and raising a family. And I am going to keep my promise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Premier-Designate has met with The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario to present his recommendations for appointments to Ontario&#8217;s Executive Council.<\/p>\n<p>The new Government for the People will be sworn-in and affirmed in a public ceremony on the front steps of the Legislative Building at Queen&#8217;s Park.<\/p>\n<p>The new ministers are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Peter Bethlenfalvy &#8211; President of the Treasury Board<\/li>\n<li>Raymond Cho &#8211; Minister for Seniors and Accessibility<\/li>\n<li>Steve Clark &#8211; Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing<\/li>\n<li>Christine Elliott &#8211; Minister of Health and Long-Term Care and Deputy Premier<\/li>\n<li>Victor Fedeli &#8211; Minister of Finance and Chair of Cabinet<\/li>\n<li>Doug Ford &#8211; Premier and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs<\/li>\n<li>Merrilee Fullerton &#8211; Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities<\/li>\n<li>Ernie Hardeman &#8211; Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs<\/li>\n<li>Sylvia Jones &#8211; Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport<\/li>\n<li>Lisa MacLeod &#8211; Minister of Children, Community and Social Services and Minister Responsible for Women&#8217;s Issues<\/li>\n<li>Monte McNaughton &#8211; Minister of Infrastructure<\/li>\n<li>Caroline Mulroney &#8211; Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs<\/li>\n<li>Rod Phillips &#8211; Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks<\/li>\n<li>Greg Rickford &#8211; Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines, and Minister of Indigenous Affairs<\/li>\n<li>Laurie Scott &#8211; Minister of Labour<\/li>\n<li>Todd Smith &#8211; Minister of Government and Consumer Services, and Government House Leader<\/li>\n<li>Lisa Thompson &#8211; Minister of Education<\/li>\n<li>Michael Tibollo &#8211; Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services<\/li>\n<li>Jim Wilson &#8211; Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade<\/li>\n<li>John Yakabuski &#8211; Minister of Transportation<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Yurek &#8211; Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;We have an all-star team that&#8217;s ready right now to give the people of Ontario the kind of leadership and direction they deserve,&#8221; said Ford. &#8220;For too long, the people of Ontario have worked more and paid more, but gotten less. Those days are over. Help is here.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doug Ford is today joining thousands of people on the front steps of Ontario&#8217;s legislature as Ontario&#8217;s first ever Government for the People is sworn-in. &#8220;I will never forget why I&#8217;m here: to work for the people of Ontario,&#8221; said Ford. &#8220;I promised the people that I would help make our great province the best &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[1328],"class_list":["post-13648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-provincial","tag-doug-ford"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-20 03:14:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13648"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13651,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13648\/revisions\/13651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}