WINNIPEG Manitoba’s premier announced new cabinet ministers on Thursday. Premier Brian Pallister made the announcement at the swearing-in ceremony at 10 a.m. at the Manitoba Legislative Building. The changes made to the cabinet include: Alan Lagimodiere enters cabinet as the minister of Indigenous reconciliation and northern relations; Jon Reyes enters cabinet as economic and jobs minister; and Ralph Eichler was sworn in as minister of agriculture and resource development Pallister noted that Eileen Clarke and Blaine Pedersen retired from cabinet. Lagimodiere, the MLA for Selkirk, is Métis and was born and raised in northern Manitoba. He has been given the mandate to develop an agenda for reconciliation in consultation with First Nations, Métis and Inuit leadership.
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