Photograph: MNR
Mike Harris was named Minister of Pure Sources on March 19 as Premier Doug Ford unveiled a brand new cupboard following the Progressive Conservative authorities’s Feb. 27 election to a 3rd consecutive time period.
Mike Harris, MPP for Kitchener-Conestoga, will substitute Graydon Smith as Minister of Pure Sources. Smith, re-elected MPP for Parry Sound-Muskoka, was named Affiliate Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
Harris, the son of former Ontario Premier Mike Harris, beforehand served because the minister of purple tape discount following a 2024 cupboard shuffle. The 40-year-old assumed workplace in 2019, and isn’t associated to his predecessor, Michael Harris.
Smith was appointed then-Ministry of Pure Sources and Forestry minister in June 2022, earlier than forestry was dropped from the portfolio in June 2024. Smith changed Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke MPP John Yakabuski, who served three years within the function as a part of Ford’s first cupboard.
Different modifications
Some MPPs duties have been additionally modified, officers said. New Atmosphere, Conservation, and Parks Minister Todd McCarthy now has accountability over conservation authorities, whereas Vitality and Mines Minister Stephen Lecce and Vitality-Intensive Industries Affiliate Minister Sam Oosterhoff now have accountability over broadband enlargement.
Kevin Holland was additionally named Affiliate Minister of Forestry and Forest Merchandise, as a part of the MNR.
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