Braid: A cabinet shuffle with many moving parts but no change to status quo This shuffle was pure UCP. There are a few more associates, some switching of duties, but no change at all in the central engine room
Author of the article: Don Braid • Calgary Herald
Publishing date: Jul 08, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 3 minute read • Premier Jason Kenney speaks alongside new cabinet members after a swearing in ceremony at Government House in Edmonton, on Thursday, July 8, 2021. Government ministers and associate ministers were sworn in as part of a cabinet shuffle. Photo by Ian Kucerak/Postmedia
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The top four ministers are still in the same jobs Tyler Shandro (Health), Adriana LaGrange (Education), Travis Toews (Finance) and Doug Schweitzer (Jobs, Economy and Innovation).
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Thursday’s mini cabinet shuffle in Alberta holds several such lessons with one in particular: Don’t be surprised if you suffer a significant career setback if you unsuccessfully try to take out your boss.
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That’s what happened to Chestermere-Strathmore MLA Leela Aheer who was kicked out of her cabinet post as minister of culture, multiculturalism and status of women. She was replaced by two associate ministers Muhammad Yaseen, MLA for Calgary-North, who was sworn in as the new associate minister of immigration and multiculturalism, and Whitney Issik, the MLA for Calgary-Glenmore, who was named the associate minister of the status of women and the chief government whip.