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Premier Jason Kenney’s cabinet now has 26 members, including 20 full ministers, five associates and the premier himself.
Seventeen are from Calgary ridings.
This is the most geographically lopsided cabinet ever.
Calgary is clearly the power centre not just in numbers, but in influence.
MLAs from the city hold most key ministries, including Health, Energy, Municipal Affairs, Infrastructure, Transportation, Jobs and Innovation, Social Services, Seniors and Advanced Education.
And there’s the premier himself, who represents Calgary-Lougheed.
That riding is named for former premier Peter Lougheed. He would never have allowed this concentration of power. Lougheed was always sensitive to regional balance one reason the Progressive Conservative regime lasted for 43 years.
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Braid: A cabinet shuffle with many moving parts but no change to status quo This shuffle was pure UCP. There are a few more associates, some switching of duties, but no change at all in the central engine room
Author of the article: Don Braid • Calgary Herald
Publishing date: Jul 08, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 3 minute read • Premier Jason Kenney speaks alongside new cabinet members after a swearing in ceremony at Government House in Edmonton, on Thursday, July 8, 2021. Government ministers and associate ministers were sworn in as part of a cabinet shuffle. Photo by Ian Kucerak/Postmedia
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The top four ministers are still in the same jobs Tyler Shandro (Health), Adriana LaGrange (Education), Travis Toews (Finance) and Doug Schweitzer (Jobs, Economy and Innovation).
CALGARY Alberta Premier Jason Kenney shuffled his cabinet Thursday, naming new ministers for transportation and culture but keeping major portfolios unaffected. There needs to be renewal every now and then in a government, Kenney said. Leela Aheer, who had served as the minister of culture, multiculturalism and the status of women, now finds herself outside of cabinet after Thursday s announcement. Aheer called on Kenney to apologize following images of him and other ministers dining on a rooftop patio in apparent violation of COVID-19 protocols at the time. Her former ministry has now been broken up and distributed to other departments.