Premier Scott Moe made changes to his cabinet.
Bronwyn Eye became the first-ever female Minister of Justice and Attorney General.
Replacing Eye as the Minister of Energy and Resources is Jim Reiter.
Lori Carr is out as Social Services Minister, she is being replaced by Gene Makowsky. Carr will take over a portfolio that includes SLGA and government procurement,
Other changes see Gordon Wyant becoming the Minister of Advanced Education, and two backbenchers got promoted, with Jeremy Cockrill becoming Minister of Highways, with responsibility for the Water Security Agency. Dana Skoropad becomes Minister of Environment.
Ten MLAs stay in their current portfolios:
- Donna Harpauer (Deputy Premier and Finance)
- Don Morgan (Crown Investments Corporation and Labour)
- Dustin Duncan (Education)
- Christine Tell (Corrections, Policing and Public Safety)
- Jeremy Harrison (Trade; Immigration)
- David Marit (Agriculture)
- Paul Merriman (Health)
- Don McMorris (Government Relations; First Nations, Métis and Northern Affairs; Provincial Capital Commission)
- Laura Ross (Parks, Culture and Sport; Status of Women)
- Everett Hindley (Mental Health and Addictions, Seniors and Rural and Remote Health)
Fred Bradshaw (Former Minister of Highways) and Warren Kaeding (Former Minister of Environment) are out of the cabinet.
The NDP was disappointed by the cabinet shuffle as it continued the ‘status quo’, but they were mostly disappointed with Paul Merriman remaining the Minister of Health.
“Most striking is the decision to maintain Paul Merriman as Minister of Health,” NDP Leader Ryan Meili said in a release. “Under his leadership, Saskatchewan had the worst response to the 4th wave of the pandemic, the highest COVID death rate, senior health leaders continue to leave the province, and he’s fostered a divisive relationship with our health care workers. Maintaining him in this role sends a clear signal to frontline workers and will create clear challenges when it comes to the retention and recruitment of health care workers to this province.”
