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TO THE IMMEDIATE ATTENTION OF THE CLERK AND COUNCIL

March 25, 2014

Ontario Cabinet Shuffle Announced

With the resignation of Minister today, the Premier has announced the following changes:

• (Thunder Bay- Atikokan) is the new Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, formerly its Parliamentary Assistant; • becomes Minister of Labour, moving from Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Infrastructure, Transportation; • moves from Labour to become the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services; • is moved from Community Safety and Correctional Services and is the new Attorney General; • becomes Chair of Cabinet which Linda Jeffrey held.

Each of these ministerial moves affect a number of policy priorities that we have been working on – from the review of land use planning and the Development Charges Act, relief from joint and several liability, to managing emergency services costs including interest arbitration.

AMO will continue to press to see advancement of the municipal perspective for these priority matters with these new Cabinet Ministers. In addition, we look forward to working with Minister Mauro and his staff to ensure a smooth transition within the Memorandum of Understanding Agreement between AMO and the Province.

AMO Contact: Monika Turner, Director of Policy, E-mail [email protected], 416.971.9856 ext. 318

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