Bond And Bell Retain Cabinet Posts

Monday, October 25, 2010 10:55 AM

VICTORIA - Premier Gordon Campbell realigned the provincial cabinet today to ensure government's continued focus on supporting families, educationand the economy.

Both Pat Bell and Shirley Bond retained their portfolios with Bell's Ministry increasing in scope to add "mines" to the portfolio.

The changes include one new cabinet minister and new or changed portfolios for 16 of the current ministers.

"We will encourage increased exports and increased investments in our rich natural resources while adding new momentum to our excellent college system to assist with regional job creation," said Premier Campbell. "Aninternational campaign to build our Olympic momentum will promote British Columbia on a global scale to attract new investment and expanded tourism opportunities."

Ministers with new or changed portfolios include:

* Minister of Forests, Mines and Lands - Hon. Pat Bell

* Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation - Hon. Barry Penner

* Minister of Agriculture - Hon. Ben Stewart

* Minister of State for Building Code Renewal - Hon. Naomi Yamamoto

* Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development - Hon. Stephanie Cadieux

* Minister of Education - Hon. George Abbott

* Minister of Energy - Hon. Bill Bennett

* Minister of Environment - Hon. Murray Coell

* Minister of Finance (Minister Responsible for Small Business) - Hon.Colin Hansen

* Minister of Health Services - Hon. Kevin Falcon

* Minister of Labour - Hon. Iain Black

* Minister of Natural Resource Operations - Hon. Steve Thomson

* Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General (Minister Responsible for Housing) - Hon. Rich Coleman

* Minister of Regional Economic and Skills Development - Hon. MoiraStilwell

* Minister of Science and Universities - Hon. Ida Chong

* Minister of Social Development - Hon. Kevin Krueger

* Minister of Tourism, Trade and Investment (Minister Responsible for the Intergovernmental Relations Secretariat) - Hon. Margaret MacDiarmid

Ministers retaining existing portfolios:

* Attorney General - Hon. Mike de Jong

* Minister of Children and Family Development - Hon. Mary Polak

* Minister of Citizens' Services - Hon. Mary McNeil

* Minister of State for Climate Action - Hon. John Yap

* Minister of State for Mining - Hon. Randy Hawes

* Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure - Hon. Shirley Bond

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Posted by: pggo56 on October 25 2010 11:24 AM

Very important to the North, added role for Pat Bell and S Bond maintains her position.

Posted by: darkken on October 25 2010 12:48 PM

I cannot believe they gave Kevin Kreuger a portfolio. Having him in charge of Social Development is like having Gordon Campbell in charge of a province

Posted by: gus on October 25 2010 12:48 PM

Good. Margaret MacDiarmid is out of education.

Posted by: Andyfreeze on October 25 2010 12:58 PM

MacDiarmid out of Education is good...very good.
The fact that she is still in government, is not so good!
This shuffle was farce...Campbell kept his most unpopular ministers from within his inner circle.
Dead government walking.
Oh wait...Campbell said it was not about being popular...it was about making decisions and getting the job done!
Epic fail Gord..by you and your butt-kissing puppets.
Hopefully,your backbenchers will now eat you...they will only tolerate being ignored for so long.

Posted by: PrinceGeorge on October 25 2010 2:49 PM

It's only a bit more than a year until the binding referendum on the HST! People better come out in droves for the democratic opportunity to eliminate this tax which they did not ask for!

However, if the recalls are successful Carole will eliminate the HST and repossess BCRail! Happy Days will be here again!

(Just kidding!).

Posted by: He spoke on October 25 2010 3:01 PM

Forget about the HST, its in, the grease money has already been spent. The best your going to do is oust Campbell.

Way to go, PAT BELL. You have been instrumental in selling lumber overseas. Its not quite up to 4 billion bd ft yet, but it might hit it by 2012. You will get a bridge named after you, eventually. Thanks for the effort.

I hope you have enough time for the mining industry.

Posted by: JohnGrogan on October 25 2010 5:56 PM

Campbell shuffled his Cabinet. Let's mix metaphors for a moment... I feel a shell game in the works. Will he announce his resignation on Wednesday or won't he? Either way, why would he shuffle when his house of cards is falling around his ears, and the taxpayers are going to end up playing 52 pickup while the Captain of the ship orders that the deck chairs be moved around... FULL SPEED AHEAD!

Posted by: univ on October 25 2010 8:19 PM

The minister of Advanced Education was clever and jumped the sinking ship of Gordo and Gordo changed the name of that ministry and he has brought another
dame.

Let's see when the campaign for recalls will start. Gordo's seat should be on the top of recall list.

Posted by: LoveTheNorth on October 25 2010 8:54 PM

Way to go Pat. Well deserved.

Posted by: Eagleone on October 25 2010 9:08 PM

Putting Mines into Pats Ministry was a good move for this region... other than that I think this was more about a distraction for Gordon than anything else.

Posted by: supertech on October 25 2010 9:37 PM

Cabinet shuffles are usually a smoke screen to remove resposibility from an MLA for a job poorly done or not done at all. The rest of the story usually follows in about 3 months.