Stiles: Instead of stability, just more cabinet chaos

QUEEN’S PARK – Official Opposition NDP leader Marit Stiles has released the following statement after the Ford government announced their second cabinet shuffle in the span of a month:

“Another day, another resignation, and another cabinet shuffle after the year-long Greenbelt corruption crisis continues to leave more questions than answers for Ontarians.

After suddenly realizing the importance of the Greenbelt, why has Mr. Ford appointed a labour minister whose greatest hits as environment minister include: being radio silent as the government took away the power of conservation authorities, hiding a damning climate report from Ontarians for eight months, looking away from the Mimico Creek spill, and saying next to nothing on the Greenbelt.

Premier Ford has wasted a whole year that could have been spent implementing real solutions, delivering affordable homes for the hard-working people of our province instead of on this nonsense that eroded Ontarians’ trust in government and potentially left taxpayers on the hook for decisions he made in the interest of land speculators and donors.

Now, the Premier has a new cabinet two days before the Legislature returns for session. Ontarians are left asking: is this government serious about solving the issues facing Ontarians? Or are they too busy reorganizing the deck chairs?”