BC Political Discussion: Election 2024 & 43rd Parliament

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Originally Posted by chowhou

New cabinet is out:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-ndp-cabinet-swearing-in-2024-1.7386565

Some interesting highlights to me:

Ravi Kahlon remains in charge of housing but in the new ministry of housing and municipal affairs, which leads me to believe they're giving him freer reigns to crack the whip on municipalities to enforce housing goals. Christine Boyle didn't get the job, but she did get the indigenous relations and reconciliation ministry.

The ministry of infrastructure and transportation is split into the new ministry of infrastructure and ministry of transportation, and Bowinn Ma is taking over one of them, but it's not the one you'd expect. She's heading infrastructure and Farnsworth has been given transportation.

With Farnsworth out as the minister of public safety and solicitor general, Garry Begg (former RCMP) has taken over the role, and on top of that Terry Yung (former VPD) is going to be the newly created minister of state for community safety and integrated services. Seems to me like a more crime enforcement focused cabinet there. However, Niki Sharma remains attorney general.

Twenty three new ministers? So basically half the caucus gets a ministry top up.