{"id":226743,"date":"2019-08-13T21:29:01","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T01:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=226743"},"modified":"2019-08-13T21:29:01","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T01:29:01","slug":"saskatchewan-premier-shuffles-cabinet-three-ministers-changing-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/08\/13\/saskatchewan-premier-shuffles-cabinet-three-ministers-changing-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Saskatchewan premier shuffles cabinet; three ministers changing jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v4.0\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PremierScottMoe\/posts\/2571759052868475?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARDAm5jnZMt1zbwMEAj2wLiO5sZo6BVQ6FVY87lrm7_8oMjH3S8KvW2xXlcNiPc48H3HvcVyRFtMivFhYSWbB1srLI9t7q7txPKq0zVw4pmjTl8f4ApnwHse0-x4FHWncQQ1dGYPeCbGBNRT64PnOeUuf1Lru8_ajjQsp7C5cQXCSYhy3t4npOKPwPId_1mdfLb5V_09P5pM0bgGnlk6TS7cr9i1t2nhwkrY9jD1zMT_jloJigxwoyQs8OBDzcQ1Zdpf4YB7PyvHokguaikscZnDZU60DKWTgINrw6wwx7RO-MHcKUM-OroFW2_Bw7D89WkvGH1CVkj1b6DGDWK1fIKy4mxQ4HdY-XtXgY-VO1SnLQEYYKi2RQnYzmUPxmd5uK_YVuCN7-3jSOhxIfy-WzwmKfWinOXMOmkgTWYL1Evs3XI&amp;__tn__=-R\" data-width=\"750\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PremierScottMoe\/posts\/2571759052868475\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>Today, I announced changes to Saskatchewan\u2019s provincial cabinet. I am confident that Ministers Carr, Ottenbreit, and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PremierScottMoe\/\">Scott Moe<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PremierScottMoe\/posts\/2571759052868475\">Tuesday, August 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>REGINA \u2014 Three ministers in Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe&#8217;s government are switching duties.<\/p>\n<p>Moe shuffled his cabinet on Tuesday, but no one was ousted from his inner circle.<\/p>\n<p>Greg Ottenbreit, who was serving as minister for rural and remote health, is now in charge of highways and infrastructure as well as the Water Security Agency.<\/p>\n<p>Warren Kaeding takes over rural and remote health from government relations.<\/p>\n<p>Lori Carr takes over from Kaeding as the new minister of government relations after heading up highways and infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Ottenbreit was criticized for encouraging a crowd at an anti-abortion convention in his Yorkton-area constituency to continue their fight.<\/p>\n<p>He also said he would \u201ccontinue to do what I can in my professional capacity,\u201d as the province was reviewing coverage for the abortion drug Mifegymiso.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is not a factor with respect to what were are seeing here today,\u201d Moe said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Ottenbreit had served in his portfolio for about five years, Moe said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re seeing a number of small realignmments within what is already a strong cabinet, so that we can better serve the people of this province leading into the election next year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ottenbreit said he doesn&#8217;t believe his remarks led to him being shuffled, but that it comes down to timing.<\/p>\n<p>As a citizen, he said he doesn&#8217;t believe his remarks were inappropriate, but as a member of government, he concedes he could have chosen his words or venue differently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy pro-life views are something I&#8217;m very proud of. I will never back away from those,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>It was disappointing the debate around his remarks led to personal attacks against him and his family, he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople of opposing views or people with similar views that think you should be stronger in your views \u2014 it comes from all sides.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kaeding said he&#8217;s personally opposed to abortion, but he respects women&#8217;s reproductive rights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur government has been very clear as to supporting &#8230; female reproductive rights and I&#8217;m going to make sure that that&#8217;s implemented,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Moe said the 14 other ministers in cabinet are keeping their current portfolios.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur cabinet and caucus will continue to deliver on the priorities of our constituents while continuing consultations as we renew our government&#8217;s plan for growth as we look ahead to 2030,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The next Saskatchewan election is set for Nov. 2, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, I announced changes to Saskatchewan\u2019s provincial cabinet. I am confident that Ministers Carr, Ottenbreit, and&#8230; Posted by Scott Moe &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":226745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-226743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","category-news","mauthors-stephanie-taylor","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226743"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226746,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226743\/revisions\/226746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}