As expected Premier Brian Pallister announced a cabinet shuffle this morning, which also included the restructuring of one department into two. The existing Indigenous and Municipal Relations department will be split into Indigenous and Northern Relations and Municipal Relations with Agassiz MLA Eileen Clarke leading the former and Gimli MLA Jeff Wharton helming the latter.

Other changes included Midland MLA Blaine Pedersen moving to Minister of Growth, Enterprise and Trade and Spruce Woods MLA Cliff Cullen taking over as Crown Services Minister and Government House Leader.

Morden-Winkler MLA Cameron Friesen will remain Finance Minister, Kelvin Goertzen will stay on as Health Minister and Ian Wishart will remain with the Education and Training portfolio.