Premier Ford Announces Updated Parliamentary Assistant Roles

Author: Ron Gersh

What Are Parliamentary Assistants?

Typically known as a position under the Minister, with responsibilities for the portfolios.

"Parliamentary assistants support ministers with legislative and committee matters, including special projects and assignments that require dedicated leadership. They also play a key role in building relationships and communicating government initiatives across the province."

How Do I Use Them in My Government Relation's Engagement?

TheCCSGroup usually takes the approach of having as many conversations with as many people in government surrounding your issues.

Meeting with these officials can provide you with the following benefits:

Line-of-sight into the current thinking of Government and specifically the Minister surrounding your issue,
Some of these officials are close to the Minister, and can be another advocate and supportive voice for your cause.
In some cases, Parliamentary Assistants are given specific files to ‘oversee’ on behalf of the Minister. At that point, they can become extremely important in advancing your issue

The complete list of parliamentary assistants, including additional responsibilities as designated, is as follows:

• Lorne Coe, Parliamentary Assistant to the Premier
• Mike Harris, Parliamentary Assistant to the Premier
• Will Bouma, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Northern Development, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Indigenous Affairs and Chair of Caucus
• John Jordan, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
• Anthony Leardi, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and Deputy Government Whip
• Brian Saunderson, Parliamentary Assistant to the Attorney General
• Laura Smith, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services
• Logan Kanapathi, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism and Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services
• Sheref Sabawy, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism
• Hardeep Singh Grewal, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Colleges and Universities
• Trevor Jones, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade
• Effie Triantafilopoulos, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade
• Billy Pang, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Education
• Natalie Pierre, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Education
• Rudy Cuzzetto, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Energy
• John Yakabuski, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Energy
• Andrew Dowie, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
• Deepak Anand, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Finance
• Stephen Crawford, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Finance
• Nolan Quinn, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Health
• Amarjot Sandhu, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Infrastructure
• Patrice Barnes, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development
• Robert Bailey, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Legislative Affairs
• Natalia Kusendova-Bashta, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Long-Term Care and Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Seniors and Accessibility
• Daisy Wai, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Seniors and Accessibility
• Dave Smith, Parliamentary Assistant to the Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions
• Kevin Holland, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Mines
• Matthew Rae, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
• Dawn Gallagher Murphy, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry
• Brian Riddell, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery
• Christine Hogarth, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Red Tape Reduction
• Stéphane Sarrazin, Parliamentary Assistant to the Associate Minister of Small Business and Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Francophone Affairs
• Graham McGregor, Parliamentary Assistant to the Solicitor General
• Sam Oosterhoff, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport
• Ric Bresee, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Transportation
• Rick Byers, Parliamentary Assistant to the President of the Treasury Board
• Robin Martin, Parliamentary Assistant to the President of the Treasury Board
• Jess Dixon, Parliamentary Assistant to the Associate Minister of Women’s Social and Economic Opportunity
• David Smith (Scarborough Centre) will be nominated for Chair of the Standing Committee on Government Agencies.
• The government is not proposing any other changes to chairs of committees.

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