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Backgrounders
The cabinet will be supported in its work by 14 parliamentary secretaries. They are as follows:
- Parliamentary Secretary for Anti-Racism Initiatives: Jessie Sunner
- Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture: Harwinder Sandhu
- Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity: Jennifer Blatherwick
- Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Development: Steve Morrisette
- Parliamentary Secretary for Seniors’ Services and Long-Term Care: Susie Chant
- Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Health: Debra Toporoski
- Parliamentary Secretary for Mental Health and Addictions: Amna Shah
- Parliamentary Secretary for Asia Pacific Trade: Paul Choi
- Parliamentary Secretary for Labour: Darlene Rotchford
- Parliamentary Secretary for International Credentials: Sunita Dhir
- Parliamentary Secretary for Accessibility: Dana Lajeunesse
- Parliamentary Secretary for Community Development and Non-profits: Joan Phillip
- Parliamentary Secretary for Transit: George Anderson
- Parliamentary Secretary for Arts and Film: Nina Krieger
- Energy and Climate Solutions
- Responsible for British Columbia’s electricity, alternative energy and petroleum resource sectors.
- Increase and expand electricity and low-carbon energy projects in the province.
- Responsible for energy policies to ensure they align with climate goals.
- The Climate Action Secretariat will be part of the new ministry.
- Oversight of the North Coast Transmission Line and BC Hydro’s Capital Plan.
- Housing and Municipal Affairs
- Oversight of housing policy and municipal infrastructure needs.
- Responsibility for community charters and other local government policy and legislation.
- Immigration settlement services from Municipal Affairs will move to Post Secondary Education and Future Skills.
- Union of British Columbia Municipalties and local government relationships will move to the Intergovernmental Relations Secretariat in the Office of the Premier.
- Infrastructure
- Bringing capital planning and procurement into a single ministry will allow for better co-ordination at a time when government is building schools, hospitals and other infrastructure to support growing communities.
- Responsible for major capital project planning, procurement and delivery for things such as schools, post-secondary institutions, court houses, correctional facilities and health facilities.
- Infrastructure BC and BC Infrastructure Benefits Inc. will be part of this ministry.
- Mining and Critical Minerals
- Responsible for advancing the provincial strategy for mining and critical mineral projects.
- Provide oversight and support for 17 new critical minerals projects working toward starting construction in the coming years.
- Responsible for overseeing the ongoing Mineral Tenure Act reform and other regulatory processes and timelines.
- Transportation and Transit
- Focus on the ways in which people move around the province, including transportation networks.
- Continue delivering on major projects such as the widening of the Highway 1, Surrey to Langley SkyTrain, George Massey Tunnel replacement and new Patullo Bridge.
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