Area notables in Liberal government’s new cabinet

The Liberal government cabinet was sworn in today and successful area members were assigned new jobs. The Premier, Ms. Wynne, will shed the agricultural portfolio. This is not surprising. The assumption of that ministry was seen at the time as an effort by the premier to somehow relate better to rural Ontarians. It may be said without too much research that the plan worked. Eric Hoskins, the member for St. Paul’s, will take over the Health Ministry from Deb Matthews. He is Doctor Hoskins by the way. Matthews will become president of the Treasury Board and add Deputy Premier to her titles. She was a trusted ally of Ms Wynne during the minority days and often got out front to deflect flack from the Premier. Glen Murray, a man The Bulldog said was a temper tantrum a day, will move out of Transportation and into the Environment. Steven Del Duca, the MPP from Vaughan, will try to straighten up the fast-moving ducks in the Scarborough subway shooting gallery.  A well-watched and likeable MPP, Mitzi Hunter, inherits one of the most troubling initiatives of the Wynne years — the Ontario Pension Plan.  Good luck to her, and to the rest of us.  CBC