www.WeeklyVoice.com FRONT/NATIONAL Friday, June 28, 2019 | A-5 Doug Ford Appoints Parliamentary Assistants TORONTO: Premier Doug Ford on Wednesday announced Parliamentary Assistants who will hold special responsibilities as part of the Ontario Govern- ment. Parliamentary Assistants will each hold key accountabilities to support the renewed Cabinet announced last week. Working hand-in-hand with Ministers, the Parliamentary Assistants will sup- port the government on delivering results to the people of Ontario. The Parliamentary Assistant accountabilities are as follows: • Will Bouma - Parliamentary Assistant to the Premier • Lindsey Park - Parliamentary Assistant to the Attorney General • Toby Barrett - Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Ag- The new Ontario cabinet announced last week. Parliamentary assistants will be helping the Cabinet. Pic: PaulCalandra/Twitter riculture, Food and Rural Affairs (Agriculture and Food) nomic Development, Job Cre- tary Assistant to the Minister of tary Assistant to the Minister of ism, Culture and Sport (Tourism) • Randy Pettapiece - Parlia- ation and Trade (Job Creation and Government and Consumer Ser- Municipal Affairs and Housing • David Piccini - Parliamentary mentary Assistant to the Minister Trade) vices (Municipal Affairs) Assistant to the Minister of Train- of Agriculture, Food and Rural • Sam Oosterhoff - Parliamen- • Robin Martin - Parliamen- • Parm Gill - Parliamentary ing, Colleges and Universities Affairs (Rural Affairs) tary Assistant to the Minister of tary Assistant to the Minister of Assistant to the Minister of Mu- • Vijay Thanigasalam - Parlia- • Amy Fee - Parliamentary Education Health nicipal Affairs and Housing mentary Assistant to the Minister Assistant to the Minister of Chil- • David Smith - Parliamentary • Mike Harris - Parliamentary (Housing) of Transportation dren, Community and Social Ser- Assistant to the Minister of En- Assistant to the Minister of Natu- • Daisy Wai - Parliamentary• Michael Parsa - Parliamen- vices (Children and Autism) and ergy, Northern Development and ral Resources and Forestry Assistant to the Minister for Se- tary Assistant to the President of Deputy House Leader Mines and Parliamentary Assis- • Stephen Crawford - Parlia- niors and Accessibility the Treasury Board • Jeremy Roberts - Parliamen- tant to the Minister of Indigenous mentary Assistant to the Minister • Christine Hogarth - Parlia - • Rudy Cuzzetto - Parliamenta- tary Assistant to the Minister of Affairs of Infrastructure mentary Assistant to the Solicitor ry Assistant to the President of the Children, Community and Social • Andrea Khanjin - Parliamen- • Norm Miller - Parliamentary General (Community Safety) Treasury Board (Internal Audit) Services (Community and Social tary Assistant to the Minister of Assistant to the Minister of Inter- • Belinda Karahalios - Parlia- Parliamentary Assistants sup- Services) the Environment, Conservation governmental Affairs mentary Assistant to the Solicitor port Ministers with legislative • Nina Tangri - Parliamentary and Parks • Jane McKenna - Parliamen - General (Correctional Services) and committee matters, including Assistant to the Minister of Eco- • Stan Cho - Parliamentary As- tary Assistant to the Minister of • Vincent Ke - Parliamentary special projects and assignments nomic Development, Job Cre- sistant to the Minister of Finance Labour Assistant to the Minister of Tour- that require dedicated leadership. ation and Trade (Economic De- • Gila Martow - Parliamentary • Efie Triantailopoulos - Par- ism, Culture and Sport (Culture They also play a key role in build- velopment) Assistant to the Minister of Fran- liamentary Assistant to the Minis- and Sport) ing relationships and commu- • Donna Skelly - Parliamentary cophone Affairs ter of Long-Term Care • Billy Pang - Parliamentary nicating government initiatives Assistant to the Minister of Eco- • Robert Bailey - Parliamen - • Jim McDonell - Parliamen- Assistant to the Minister of Tour- across the province. Satyamitranand Giri Ji Attains ‘Samadhi’ HARIDWAR: The founder of the Bharat Mata temple in Haridwar, Satyamitranand Giri Ji Maharaj attained his ‘samadhi’ on Tuesday morning after a prolonged illness. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tues- day condoled the passsing away of one of Hindu society’s tallest spiritual leaderS, recalling his contributions in serving the tribals and the poor. “Deeply saddened to know about the demise of Swami Satyamitranand Giri Ji Maharaj who founded Bharat Mata temple in Haridwar,” Naidu tweeted. He said the spiritual leader “rendered in- valuable services and established Saman- vaya Seva Foundation to serve poor people from tribal and hilly areas by providing free education and medical facilities”. “He established many learning centres & travelled across the globe to spread the message of Sanatana Dharma,” the vice president said. Prime Minister Modi tweeted: “Swami teachings of Sanatana Dharma across the Satyamitranand Giri Ji epitomised spiritu- world (and at the time Shankaracharyas ality and wisdom. He devoted his life to- were required to remain in India) abdicat- wards empowering the poor, marginalised ed his status of Jagatguru Shankaracharya. and downtrodden. He was extremely proud He is the founder of Bharat Mata Man- of India’s rich history and culture. My trib- dir, a famous temple in Haridwar, which utes to this divine soul. Om Shanti.” was inaugurated by the then Indian Prime Swami Satyamitranand was born on Minister Indira Gandhi on 15 May 1983. September 19, 1932, in the city of Agra. He founded Samanvaya Seva Founda- His father, Shiva Shanker Pande and his tion in 1988 with the objective of helping mother Triveni Devi both came from de- poor people from tribes and hilly areas by vout families and they named him Am- providing them free education and medi- bika Prasad. 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