Bond and Bell Back In Cabinet
By Ben Meisner
Thursday, June 16, 2005 06:39 PM


Local MLA's Shirley Bond and Pat Bell have landed Cabinet Posts with the new Provincial Cabinet announced by Premier Gordon Campbell.
Bond holds on to her position as Deputy Premier and is the Minister of Education
Bell moves up the ranks from Minister of State for Mines, to become Minister of Agriculture and Lands.
There were a few new faces added to the Provincial Cabinet, as the two highest profile candidates in the last election scored high. Carol Taylor gets the job as Minister of Finance, her first appointment, while former Appeal Court Judge Wally Oppal becomes the Attorney General for BC.
To the north of us, Richard Neufeld of Ft St John, retained his post as Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum services.
Other key appointments are;
Rich Coleman becomes the Minister for Forests and Range
George Abbott , Minister of Health
John Van Dungen, Minister of State for Intergovernmental Affairs
Tom Christensen, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs
Stan Hagen, Minister of Children and Families
Linda Reid, Minister of State for Child Care
John Les, Solicitor General,
Rick Thorpe, Minister of Small Business,
and Kevin Falcon, Minister of Transportation.
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I'm just going to sit back and wait for all that liquid gold to come gushing out of the ground that Bell says is on the horizon. Man, I sure hope at least one politician is telling the truth. And all this big talk about mining!!! Mind you he didn't get that portfolio back so maybe he was the one gushing??? I actually haven't any evidence that oil and gas is in some basin, but then I have no evidence it isn't?? If not, they will just have to find something else to sell. At least now they are into pension status.
Who would want to be running this province when there ain't no trees left???? It's already getting to look pretty sad, and they haven't really started taking them down. Sure will save those developers of the golf course a few bucks when they don't have to remove all those trees -always a plus side to everything. Ever the optimist! That's me!!!
Cheers!!!