At a ceremony at Queen’s Park, Ontario Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell presides over the swearing-in of Premier Doug Ford and his new executive council. Fresh from his June 2 re-election, Premier Doug Ford revamped his cabinet, promoting six newly elected MPPs — including his 28-year-old nephew Michael Ford, now citizenship and multiculturalism minister — and dumping two veteran ministers. The new health minister said she would work on improving a system whose cracks were exposed during the pandemic. Michael Ford, a former Toronto city councillor and trustee, won in York South-Weston, knocking out the NDP incumbent Faisal Hassan. The other first-time minister is Associate Housing Minister Michael Parsa, who was elected in 2018.

Source: thestar June 24, 2022 19:49 UTC