Winnipeg Free Press Last Modified: 8:42 AM CST Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021 | Updates MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES Paul Beauregard will remain with the civil service as a "technical officer" at the deputy minister level. A powerful provincial civil servant has been handed a different role as he transitions out of government. A powerful provincial civil servant has been handed a different role as he transitions out of government. Paul Beauregard's appointment as treasury board secretary was revoked last week, according to a Jan. 26 cabinet order. He will remain with the civil service as a "technical officer" at the deputy minister level.