Ontario has a new environment minister with a background in gambling, an energy minister who has taken on Indigenous affairs and no one in cabinet whose main job will be tackling immigration.
These are among some of the details of the first cabinet in Ontario Progressive Conservative Premier Doug Ford’s new government.
Ford eliminated or altered some of the ministries of the former Liberal government, reducing the size of cabinet to 21 from 29 and signalling some changed priorities by renaming and merging some responsibilities. One example is the elimination of the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration.
The changes signal the initial steps the Ford government is taking to reduce the cost and size of government, as the Tories promised to do in the last election.
Opposition parties were less than enthusiastic about the government’s new look, criticizing the premier for merging Indigenous affairs with energy, mines and northern affairs; adding Francophone affairs to the attorney general’s portfolio; and replacing the Ministry of the Status of Women with “women’s issues” responsibilities in another portfolio.
Rod Phillips was named minister of the environment, conservation and parks. He is the former chair of Postmedia and former president and CEO of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation. His new position is also includes a subtle change that removes the words “climate change” from its title.
He merged Indigenous affairs with natural resource extraction. That’s not even tone-deaf; it’s just a forthright declaration of intent.
Together with his multiple campaign contributions from overseas fascists, it’s starting to look like Doug Ford might be a little like Trump in more ways than one.
one of my favorite things about marvels luke Cage is they got misty and luke being friends and helping each other out even tho they fucked and it’s not about trying to get back together or moving in on “Claire’s man” or anything
Headcanon: Loki’s actually quite good at healing magic, but only because Frigga made him learn it after she got sick of healing young!Thor’s stab wounds every second day.
loki: *stabs thor* don’t tell mom, I’ll heal you, you’re fine, don’t tell mom, it’s only a flesh wound
Useful if this is how you think, though often I don’t see the outline until after the draft is written, because after awhile one just internalize this kind of stuff from all the media one ingests. Point is, use if helpful, ignore if not.
Another suggestion for anyone interested: because one of my weaknesses as a writer is sustaining narrative momentum, I’ve recently started using this mystery novel breakdown as a template, even though mystery/detective isn’t the genre I write in. It’s really useful as a way to keep track of what the story needs at a given moment in terms of balance and character.
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