Just hours after the resignation of Minister for Communities and Housing Steve Clark, Doug Ford appointed his successor in a small cabinet reshuffle.

Former Long-Term Care Secretary Paul Calandra will replace Secretary Steve Clark and will be responsible for completing the construction of 1.5 million homes by 2031. Minister Calandra remains Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Given the size of those files and the promises made, it would have been quite surprising if Doug Ford had used a little-known and inexperienced backbench. says Stépĥanie Chouinard, associate professor of political science at the Royal Military College.

Minister Calandra is joined by Elgin-Middlesex-London MP Rob Flack, who replaces Nina Tangri as Deputy Minister for Housing.

Minister Mulroney demoted?

Minister Caroline Mulroney is moving from the Transport Department to become Treasury President, replacing Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria, who is appointed Minister for Transport.

According to Professor Chouinard, this is a demotion of the French-speaking minister. The Department of Transportation in the Province of Ontario is the most important Department of Education and Health in terms of budgetstates the political scientist.

Her move to a position that remains in the Council of Ministers but is far less visible than that of the Transport Department signals that the Prime Minister may not have been entirely happy with his performance.

However, Minister Mulroney retains the duties of Minister for French-speaking Affairs, which she has held since her election in 2018, a decision Professor Chouinard thinks is interesting.

The Université de l’Ontario français’ balance sheet is not performing as the government probably would have wished and Ms Mulroney had spent much of her personal political capital behind closed doors trying to convince the Prime Minister’s office that the situation was good . based on this filesaid the teacher.

Turbulent climate

These changes will take place a few weeks before the start of the new election period Queen’s Park and while the Ford government is in turmoil over the release of two independent agent reports on its handling of the green belt.

As our province’s population and economy grows, building Ontario has never been more important to us.Premier Ford said in a statement.

Opposition leader Marit Stiles said the prime minister could do so Rearrange the chairs as many times as he likesOntario residents will continue to be dissatisfied with this corruption the government on the green belt.