Bond Gets Transportation, Bell Stays In Forest

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 02:32 PM

Prince George, B.C.- The New Cabinet for the Provnce has been sworn in and MLA's for Prince George remain in Cabinet. For Pat Bell, MLA for Prince George- Mackenzie will stay as Minister of Forests and Range. Shirley Bond, the MLA for Prince George, Mount Robson, is no longer Deputy Premier or Minister of Education. Her new role is that of Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure.

Name	Was	Is

Mike DeJong	Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation	Attorney General, Government House Leader
George Abbot	Minister of Health	Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation
Moira Stillwell		Advanced Education And Labour
Steve Thompson		Agriculture and Lands
Mary Polak	Healthy Living and Sport	Child Development and Child Care
Ben Stewart		Citizens Services and Multiculturalism
Bill Bennet	Tourism Culture and the Arts	Community and Rural Development
Dr. Margaret MacDiarmid		Education and Early Childhood Literacy
Blair Lekstrom	Energy Mines and Petroleum Resources	Energy Mines and Petroleum Resources
Randy Hawes		State for Mining
Barry Penner	Environment	Environment
John Yap		State for Climate Action
Colin Hansen	Finance	Finance and Deputy Premier
Pat Bell	Forests and Range	Forests and Range, Integrated Land Management Bureau
Kevin Falcon	Transportation	Health Services
Ida Chong	Small Business Technology and Economic Development	Healthy Living and Sport
Mary McNeil		State for the Olympics and ACT NOW B.C.
Rich Coleman	Housing and Social development	Housing and Social Development
Murry Coell	Advanced Education	Labour
Kash Heed		Public Safety Solicitor General
Iain Black	Labour and Citizens Services	Small Business Technology and Economic Development
Kevin Krueger	Community Development	Tourism Culture and the Arts
Shirley Bond	Deputy Premier and Education	Transportation and Infrastructure
Naomi Yamamoto		State of Intergovernmental Relations,

The Premier also named 6 Parliamentary Secretaries:

Parliamentary Secretary for Silviculture to the Minister of Forests and Range - John Rustad

Parliamentary Secretary for the Asia-Pacific Initiative to the Minister of Small Business, Technology and Economic Development - Richard T. Lee
Parliamentary Secretary for Multiculturalism to the Minister of Citizens' Services - Dave Hayer
Parliamentary Secretary for Pine Beetle Community Recovery to the Minister of Community and Rural Development - Donna Barnett
Parliamentary Secretary for the Ranching Task Force to the Minister of Agriculture and Lands - Terry Lake
Parliamentary Secretary for Water Supply and Allocation to the Minister of Environment - John Slater

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Posted by: billposer on June 10 2009 2:47 PM

This seems like a demotion for Shirley Bond, but it is a bit hard to say since there isn't any deputy premier.

Posted by: PaysHisOwnWay on June 10 2009 2:51 PM

Colin Hansen is also the Deputy Premier.

Posted by: amdica on June 10 2009 2:52 PM

Actually If you look Closer you will see that Colin Hansen is Deputy Premier Plus Finance. Well maybe we'll get better attention to education now...but I doubt it

Posted by: billposer on June 10 2009 2:58 PM

Ah, right. I missed that. So it is a demotion for Shirley Bond, eh?

Posted by: sum42guy2k on June 10 2009 3:52 PM

yay, she deserved the demotion! She did not and probably still will not care about us! Hopefully this shakeup will help us.....

Posted by: Hindsight on June 10 2009 5:23 PM

Maybe Shirley will get the Cariboo CONnector fast tracked...or probably NOT.

Posted by: gamblor on June 10 2009 5:27 PM

Who cares about education? Everybody does nothing but complain about how their little Jonny needs more of everything. Infrastructure is like 1000x more important. Little Jonny has bad grades because he's a screwup. And his parents are screwups too.

Posted by: gus on June 10 2009 7:28 PM

Demotion? Did anyone here ever consider that those who get assigned to ministries might have something to do with making the final decision? Did anyone ever consider that those who have done good work might be rewarded with a ministry that they might prefer?

As gamblor suggested, education is not the easiest ministry to handle, especially from a region that is not growing and has school closures.

It is interesting that a new MLA was given that post. Baptism by fire to be sure.

Posted by: northman on June 10 2009 7:35 PM

I dont know about you guys but i dont want un educated little jonny building bridges that i have to drive over and trust my life to. The govt can be doing more to stimulate education so the option is there for everyone to take advantage of.

Posted by: opinionated on June 10 2009 8:49 PM

Shirley Bond is a dedicated and very hard working ,passionated person who cares deeply about this Province.

Some folks just like to complain about everything.

She got that post because she can and will do a good job.

You may not like Premier but he is one sharp cookie. He knows who he can count on to get the job done.

Posted by: Palopu on June 10 2009 10:00 PM

The last time we had a women for the Minister of Highways was Lois Boone. As I recall we got absolutley nothing during the time she was Minister. All the shots were called by Glen Clark and the boys, and the money was spent on the Island Highway.

Now that the election is over the work on the Highways will begin to die down. It will begin to pick up again about three years from now, when we start to get into another election. Dont expect to much from Shirley Bond.

The Government is broke. Layoffs will become the order or the day, and of course we will have the Olympics staring us in the face.

Posted by: opinionated on June 10 2009 10:09 PM

Big difference between Shirley Bond and Lois Boone...Shirley gets things done.

Posted by: muckermike on June 10 2009 10:13 PM

Hopefully now that Pat has been re-instated at his post plus the economic picture and employment stats will pick up. Congratulations to all three of our local ministers for our premier's vote of confidence in you!!

Posted by: nechakogal on June 10 2009 10:20 PM

Yes, Campbell and his crew have the goal to reduce the public service in BC to 57 percent of what it is today. The public service is or was (nearly non-existent in most small rural communities these days) part of the infrastructure in our communities. Valuing the education of our children is our only hope for the future. Bashing education and public infrastructure (from roads to health services) in our communities has been an armchair sport for the greedy across this country. Those who would argue against the importance of services and education are just in it for themselves - profiteers and/or nihilists.

Posted by: taxinapothole on June 11 2009 3:23 AM

It doesn't matter if Little Johnny is a screw up, it doesn't matter if little Johnny's parents were a load of crap!! It matters that our Governments are a load of crap! They hardly deserve a capital "G" the thugs! We need to rebel, we need to REBEL NOW!! Canada is a poor example of democracy!

Posted by: billposer on June 11 2009 7:56 AM

If you move into a lower position, it's a demotion, even if it isn't intended as a punishment. Someone who was Deputy Premier and is no longer has moved down a bit in the hierarchy. It is possible that Shirley Bond wanted this: perhaps she felt overworked or didn't want so much stress.