Almost always made up of members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario the cabinet is similar in structure and role to the Cabinet of Canada while being smaller in size. As federal and provincial responsibilities differ there are a number of different portfolios between the federal and provincial governments.
Like at the federal level, the most important cabinet post after that of the leader is Minister of Finance. Today the next most powerful position is certainly the health portfolio which has a vast budget and is of central political import. Other powerful porfolios include Education and Energy.
Ontario is the most populous and second-largest in area of Canada's ten provinces.
Ontario is bounded on the north by Hudson Bay and James Bay, on the east by Quebec, on the west by Manitoba, and on the south by the American states of Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York.
Ontario's right to Northwestern Ontario was determined by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in 1884 and confirmed by the Canada (Ontario Boundary) Act, 1889 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Almost always made up of members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, the cabinet is similar in structure and role to the Cabinet of Canada while being smaller in size.
The Ontariocabinet is selected by the Premier of Ontario and sworn in by the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario.
The cabinet was changed on October 12, 2005 due to the resignation of Greg Sorbara.
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