Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Mike Harris Jr. named minister of natural resources

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 19, 2025 3:28 PM EDT | Last Updated: 14 minutes ago

Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Mike Harris Jr. has been appointed to Ontario Premier Doug Ford's furniture arsenic the curate of earthy resources.

It happened astatine a swearing-in ceremonial successful Toronto connected Wednesday. 

Harris was archetypal elected successful 2018 and was archetypal appointed to furniture successful June 2024, erstwhile helium was named the first-ever curate of reddish portion reduction. 

Harris is the lone Waterloo region-area MPP to beryllium named to Ford's caller Executive Council.

Harris won a 3rd term in the riding of Kitchener-Conestoga successful February's election. He is the lad of erstwhile Ontario Premier Mike Harris Sr.

New Cabinet

Ford's caller furniture is made up of galore acquainted names with immoderate ministers changing roles.

Paul Calandra has been moved to acquisition curate from municipal affairs and housing, Rob Flack volition instrumentality implicit that role, leaving agriculture, nutrient and agribusiness.

Most different large ministries, however, person remained the same.

Sylvia Jones is inactive wellness curate and lawman premier, Vic Fideli remains curate of economical improvement and Peter Bethlenfalvy volition proceed arsenic curate of finance. 

Stephen Lecce remains the curate of vigor and mines, but that portfolio present includes a work implicit broadband enlargement and connectivity.

Ford's furniture is inactive 37 members strong, arsenic it was earlier the 2025 Ontario election. 

Lt.-Gov. Edith Dumont is swearing successful the premier and his enforcement assembly successful a ceremonial astatine the Royal Ontario Museum.

The Ontario Legislature volition resume connected April 14.