REGINA - A number of major portfolios are seeing changes at the cabinet table after a provincial cabinet shuffle announced Tuesday morning.
Premier Scott Moe's new cabinet was sworn in at Government House and several portfolios will see changes, including new ministers in both Health and Rural and Remote Health, in Education, in Corrections and Policing, and Environment, among others.
Here are some of the notable changes from this latest shuffle, happening just over a year after the last shuffle:
Cabinet changes:
Dustin Duncan moves from Education, and will take over from Don Morgan as Minister of Crown Investments Corporation and all major Crowns — SaskPower, SaskEnergy, SaskTel, SGI and SaskWater, as well as Minister for the Public Service Commission.
Christine Tell moves from Corrections, Policing and Public Safety to take over from Dana Skoropad as Minister of Environment.
Paul Merriman moves from Health over to Corrections, Policing and Public Safety and Minister responsible for the Public Service Commission.
Lori Carr moves from Minister of SLGA to become Minister of Highways.
Everett Hindley moves from Rural and Remote Health to take over from Merriman as Minister of Health.
Jeremy Cockrill moves from Highways to take over from Duncan as Minister of Education.
One MLA will be entering cabinet for the first time. Tim McLeod, MLA for Moose Jaw North, becomes Minister or Mental Health and Addictions, Seniors and Rural and Remote Health. Another, Joe Hargrave of Prince Albert Carlton, is back in cabinet as Minister of SaskBuilds and Procurement.
Nine ministers will stay in their portfolios, with Agriculture Minister David Marit now also responsible for the Water Security Agency. Don McMorris also adds Minister of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety and Minister responsible for Workers’ Compensation Board.
Those ministers staying on in their portfolios are:
Donna Harpauer, Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance;
Jim Reiter, Minister of Energy and Resources;
Gordon Wyant, Minister of Advanced Education;
Jeremy Harrison, Minister of Trade and Export Development, Minister of Immigration and Career Training, and Minister responsible for Innovation and Tourism Saskatchewan;
David Marit, Minister of Agriculture and Minister responsible for Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation, and Minister responsible for the Water Security Agency;
Don McMorris, Minister of Government Relations, Minister responsible for First Nations, Metis and Northern Affairs and Minister responsible for the Provincial Capital Commission, Minister of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety, and the Minister responsible for Workers' Compensation Board;
Bronwyn Eyre, Minister of Justice and Attorney General;
Gene Makowsky, Minister of Social Services; and
Laura Ross, Minister of Parks, Culture and Sport and Minister responsible for the Status of Women and the Lotteries and Gaming Corporation.
The shuffle was prompted by the recent announcements by Minister for Crown Investments Corporation Don Morgan and Minister of Environment Dana Skoropad that they are not running again in the 2024 election. Both have departed the cabinet, but Morgan now becomes Provincial Secretary.
