Ontario Premier Dough Ford has tapped a local MPP to join his cabinet team.
Trevor Jones, MPP for Chatham-Kent–Leamington will serve as Minister of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness.
Jones, handily re-elected Feb. 27, first joined the Ontario Legislature in the 2022 election.
Other key cabinet posts for the Ford government include:
- Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health
- Doug Downey, Attorney General
- Vic Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade
- Paul Calandra, Minister of Education
- Peter Bethlenfalvy, Minister of Finance
- Rob Flack, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
- Todd McCarthy, Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
“As Ontario faces one of the greatest challenges in our history, workers and families are counting on us to stand up for their jobs and wellbeing,” Ford said in a media release. “Our government will double down on our plan to build, train and reskill workers for better jobs and bigger paycheques, tear down internal trade barriers, retool companies for new customers in new markets, attract more investments and cut through red tape to develop our vast natural resources, including critical minerals in the Ring of Fire. No matter what, we will protect Ontario.”
