Bernard Lord Shuffles Cabinet
Today brought a major cabinet shuffle for the Lord Government. The big surprise of course (Or Not) was Brenda Fowlie being brought back into Cabinet as Minister of Energy. Fowlie previously had resigned from her Cabinet post as Environment Minister. Lord says she did her time and has apologized. Intresting though, that nobody can seem to locate that apology.
Lord also says he's going to put former Family and Community Services Minister Tony Huntjens name forward as the New Speaker of The House. Apparently being kicked out of a Lord cabinet for privacy violations simply means you take a "time out." Wonder what you'd have to do to get the boot from cabinet for good??
Anyway.........
It was good to see Jody Carr get a cabinet post. From most accounts Carr is a bright young guy who should have been given a shot long ago. It will be intresting to see how he makes out with the new Minister of Post-secondary Education and Training post.
Check out all the changes, and info on the ministers from the news release from the Office of the Premier
Mr.Lord says these changes are being made to help meet his governments "new" goals as set out in his "Five in Five Initiative."
1} New Brunswick will have the highest increase in workers with post-secondary education in Canada.
2} New Brunswick will have the lowest tax burden east of Alberta, and the biggest decrease in the unemployment rate in Canada.
3} New Brunswick will have the biggest increase in physical fitness participation in Canada.
4} New Brunswick will have the biggest reduction in air and water pollution in Canada.
5} New Brunswick will have the biggest reduction of poverty rate in Canada.
Personally, I doubt he can actually attain these lofty goals, but hey.....i'd love to be proven wrong.....
we'll see I guess.
Lord also says he's going to put former Family and Community Services Minister Tony Huntjens name forward as the New Speaker of The House. Apparently being kicked out of a Lord cabinet for privacy violations simply means you take a "time out." Wonder what you'd have to do to get the boot from cabinet for good??
Anyway.........
It was good to see Jody Carr get a cabinet post. From most accounts Carr is a bright young guy who should have been given a shot long ago. It will be intresting to see how he makes out with the new Minister of Post-secondary Education and Training post.
Check out all the changes, and info on the ministers from the news release from the Office of the Premier
Mr.Lord says these changes are being made to help meet his governments "new" goals as set out in his "Five in Five Initiative."
1} New Brunswick will have the highest increase in workers with post-secondary education in Canada.
2} New Brunswick will have the lowest tax burden east of Alberta, and the biggest decrease in the unemployment rate in Canada.
3} New Brunswick will have the biggest increase in physical fitness participation in Canada.
4} New Brunswick will have the biggest reduction in air and water pollution in Canada.
5} New Brunswick will have the biggest reduction of poverty rate in Canada.
Personally, I doubt he can actually attain these lofty goals, but hey.....i'd love to be proven wrong.....
we'll see I guess.
