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Premier Doug Ford has made changes to his cabinet.

Some of the changes were necessary to fill vacancies.

Kinga Surma is now Treasury Board President, replacing Caroline Mulroney, who resigned from politics earlier this year.

Brian Saunderson takes over as Minister of Sport from Neil Lumsden, who also retired.

Zee Hamid is the new Tourism Minister, after Stan Cho stepped down over a hotel expense account controversy.

Ford made no changes to the posts held by Kenora-Rainy River MPP Greg Rickford or Thunder Bay-Atikokan MPP Kevin Holland.

Rickford remains as Minister of Indigenous Affairs and First Nations Economic Reconciliation and the Minister Responsible for Ring of Fire Economic and Community Partnerships.

Holland stays on as Associate Minister of Forestry and Forest Products as part of the Ministry of Natural Resources.

There are some cabinet ministers with new jobs.

Sam Oosterhoef is now Minister of Agriculture, taking over from Todd Jones, who becomes the Minister of Labour.

Former Labour Minister David Piccini becomes the Minister of Infrastructure.

Here is the complete list;

Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health
Sam Oosterhoff, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness
Doug Downey, Attorney General
Michael Parsa, Minister of Children, Community and Social Services
Graham McGregor, Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism
Nolan Quinn, Minister of Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security
Vic Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade
Paul Calandra, Minister of Education
Jill Dunlop, Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Response
Stephen Lecce, Minister of Energy and Mines
Todd McCarthy, Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Peter Bethlenfalvy, Minister of Finance
Greg Rickford, Minister of Indigenous Affairs and First Nations Economic Reconciliation and the Minister Responsible for Ring of Fire Economic and Community Partnerships
David Piccini, Minister of Infrastructure
Trevor Jones, Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development
Natalia Kusendova-Bashta, Minister of Long-Term Care and Minister of Francophone Affairs
Rob Flack, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Mike Harris, Minister of Natural Resources
George Pirie, Minister of Northern Economic Development and Growth
Stephen Crawford, Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement
Andrea Khanjin, Minister of Red Tape Reduction
Lisa Thompson, Minister of Rural Affairs
Raymond Cho, Minister for Seniors and Accessibility
Michael Kerzner, Solicitor General
Brian Saunderson, Minister of Sport
Zee Hamid, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Gaming
Prabmeet Sarkaria, Minister of Transportation
Kinga Surma, President of the Treasury Board
Vijay Thanigasalam, Associate Minister of Artificial Intelligence Adoption, as part of the Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade
Michael Tibollo, Associate Attorney General, as part of the Ministry of the Attorney General
Matthew Rae, Associate Minister of Energy-Intensive Industries, as part of the Ministry of Energy and Mines
Kevin Holland, Associate Minister of Forestry and Forest Products, as part of the Ministry of Natural Resources
Michelle Cooper, Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, as part of the Ministry of Health
Graydon Smith, Associate Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, as part of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Nina Tangri, Associate Minister of Small Business, as part of the Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade
Charmaine Williams, Associate Minister of Women’s Social and Economic Opportunity, as part of the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services

The opposition response has been swift.

NDP leader Marit Stiles says the shuffle is a desperate act to avoid accountability for the scandals some of his ministers have faced.

“Ontario continues to have the largest cabinet in history, doing as little as possible for the people,” states Stiles in a release.

Liberal MPP Stephanie Smyth says the shuffle does little to address the concerns facing Ontario residents currently, nor the accountability of cabinet ministers at the centre of recent scandals.