Ontario Premier Doug Ford set to shuffle cabinet

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6 June 2024 at 5:25 pm

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to shuffle his cabinet on Thursday evening. (Evan Mitsui/CBC - image credit)

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to shuffle his cabinet on Thursday evening, as the provincial legislature is scheduled to break for the summer.

Earlier on Thursday, the Ontario government confirmed that the legislature will resume sitting on Oct. 21.

In a media advisory, the government said Ford was scheduled to join Lt.-Gov. Edith Dumont at abut 5 p.m. on Thursday to swear in a "renewed cabinet."

The government has not released details of the shuffle.

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