Premier Scott Moe announces changes to the Saskatchewan cabinet at Government House in Regina on May 31, 2022. (Dom Lucyk/980 CJME)

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Five ministers get new portfolios as Moe shuffles cabinet

May 31, 2022 | 1:41 PM

Premier Scott Moe shuffled his cabinet Tuesday, moving five ministers to new portfolios, adding two new MLAs to cabinet and keeping 10 ministers in their current jobs.

Bronwyn Eyre moves from Energy and Resources to become Saskatchewan’s first-ever female Minister of Justice and Attorney General.

Jim Reiter moves to Energy and Resources from SaskBuilds and Procurement and the minister responsible for the Public Service Commission, the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority and the Global Transportation Hub.

Gene Makowsky shifts from Advanced Education to Social Services, while Lori Carr goes from Social Services to SaskBuilds and Procurement and minister responsible for the Public Service Commission and the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority.

Gordon Wyant, the former Minister of Justice and Attorney General, moves to Advanced Education.

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Two MLAs are being added to cabinet for the first time.

Jeremy Cockrill becomes Minister of Highways and also gets responsibility for the Water Security Agency. He replaces Fred Bradshaw in that portfolio.

Dana Skoropad becomes Minister of Environment, replacing Warren Kaeding.

Keeping their current portfolios are:

• Donna Harpauer (Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance);
• Don Morgan (Minister of Crown Investments Corporation and becomes minister responsible for all major Crown corporations, including SaskEnergy, SGI, SaskPower, SaskTel, SaskGaming and SaskWater; remains Minister of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety and Minister Responsible for the Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board);
• Dustin Duncan (Minister of Education);
• Christine Tell (Minister of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety);
• Jeremy Harrison (Minister of Trade and Export Development and Minister of Immigration and Career Training, Minister Responsible for Innovation Saskatchewan and Minister Responsible for Tourism Saskatchewan);
• David Marit (Minister of Agriculture and Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation);
• Paul Merriman (Minister of Health);
• Don McMorris (Minister of Government Relations, Minister Responsible for First Nations, Métis and Northern Affairs, and Minister Responsible for the Provincial Capital Commission);
• Laura Ross (Minister of Parks, Culture and Sport, and Minister Responsible for the Status of Women); and,
• Everett Hindley (Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, Seniors and Rural and Remote Health).

The size of the cabinet remains unchanged at 18, including the premier.

A new Sustainable Growth Secretariat will be created within Executive Council and will be overseen by Moe under his existing responsibility for Intergovernmental Affairs.

“Not only does Saskatchewan have the food, fuel and fertilizer the world needs but our province is also home to the helium, lithium, copper, zinc, and rare earth minerals that will only be in increasing global demand into the future,” Moe said in a media release.

“Almost 70 per cent of what is produced in Saskatchewan is exported across the world, and that helps pay for new schools, new long-term care centres, new health programs and the staff to support these services and others that Saskatchewan people expect and deserve.”

More to come.