A couple rookie Northern MPPs have new roles in the Ontario Legislature.
As part of a broader update to parliamentary assistant roles, Algoma-Manitoulin's Bill Rosenberg's been made parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Agriculture, Food, and Agribusiness, Trevor Jones, as well as to the President of the Treasury Board, Caroline Mulroney.
Meanwhile, new Sault Ste. Marie MPP Chris Scott has been made parliamentary assistant the Minister of Energy and Mines, Stephen Lecce, whose duties also include broadband expansion and connectivity.
A number of Northerners are in Premier Doug Ford's cabinet: Timmins MPP Georgie Pirie's Northern Development and Growth Minister; Thunder Bay-Atikokan's Kevin Holland's Associate Minister of Forestry and Forest Products; Kenora-Rainy River's Greg Rickford is Indigenous Affairs and First Nations Economic Reconciliation Minister and the Minister Responsible for Ring of Fire Economic and Community Partnerships; and Nipissing's Vic Fedeli is Economic Development, Job Creation, and Trade Minister.