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Order in Council 1580/2021

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, by and with the advice and concurrence of the Executive Council of Ontario, orders that:

Pursuant to subsection 5(1) of the Executive Council Act, for as long as any Minister of the Crown shown in Column 1 is absent or unable to act, the powers and duties that have been assigned or may be assigned by law to that Minister, are assigned and transferred to the Minister shown in Column 2 opposite, to be exercised from time to time during the absence or inability to act of the Minister shown in Column 1:

Column 1 Column 2

Premier and President of the Council<

Deputy Premier or alternatively, Minister of Finance

Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks or alternatively, Minister Without Portfolio (Associate Minister of Transportation – GTA )

Attorney General

Minister of Health or alternatively, Minister of Indigenous Affairs or alternatively, Minister Without Portfolio (Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions)

Minister of Children, Community and Social Services

Minister Without Portfolio (Associate Minister of Children and Women’s Issues) or alternatively, Minister Without Portfolio (Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions)

Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism

Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries or alternatively, Minister Without Portfolio (Associate Minister of Children and Women’s Issues)

Minister of Colleges and Universities

Minister of Education or alternatively, Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development

Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade

Minister Without Portfolio (Associate Minister of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction) or alternatively, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing

Minister of Education

Minister of Colleges and Universities or alternatively, Minister Without Portfolio (Associate Minister of Digital Government)

Minister of Energy

Minister of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry or alternatively, Solicitor General

Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks

Minister of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry or alternatively, Minister Without Portfolio (Associate Minister of Transportation – GTA )

Minister of Finance

President of the Treasury Board or alternatively, Minister Without Portfolio (Associate Minister of Digital Government)

Minister of Francophone Affairs

Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries or alternatively, Minister Without Portfolio (Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions)

Minister of Government and Consumer Services

Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development or alternatively, Minister Without Portfolio (Associate Minister of Digital Government) or alternatively, Minister of Legislative Affairs

Minister of Health

Minister of Long-Term Care or alternatively, Minister Without Portfolio (Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions)

Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries

Minister of Education or alternatively, Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism

Minister of Indigenous Affairs

Attorney General or alternatively, Minister of Infrastructure

Minister of Infrastructure

Minister of Government and Consumer Services or alternatively, Minister of Transportation

Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs

Minister of Finance or alternatively, Minister of Infrastructure

Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development

President of the Treasury Board or alternatively, Minister of Colleges and Universities

Minister of Legislative Affairs

Minister of Government and Consumer Services or alternatively, Attorney General

Minister of Long-Term Care

Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing

Solicitor General or alternatively, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

Minister of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry

Minister of Energy or alternatively, Minister Without Portfolio (Associate Minister of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction)

Minister of Long-Term Care or alternatively, Minister of Legislative Affairs

Solicitor General

Attorney General or alternatively, Minister Without Portfolio (Associate Minister of Transportation – GTA )

Minister of Transportation

Minister Without Portfolio (Associate Minister of Transportation – GTA ) or alternatively, Minister Without Portfolio (Associate Minister of Digital Government)

Minister Without Portfolio (Associate Minister of Children and Women’s Issues)

Minister of Children, Community and Social Services or alternatively, Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism

Minister Without Portfolio (Associate Minister of Digital Government)

President of the Treasury Board or alternatively, Minister Without Portfolio (Associate Minister of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction)

Minister Without Portfolio (Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions)

Minister of Health or alternatively, Minister Without Portfolio (Associate Minister of Children and Women’s Issues)

Minister Without Portfolio (Associate Minister of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction)

Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade or alternatively, Minister of Legislative Affairs

Minister Without Portfolio (Associate Minister of Transportation – GTA )

Minister of Transportation or alternatively, Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks

Further, that in the absence or inability to act of the President of the Treasury Board, his or her powers and duties be assigned and transferred to the Vice-Chair of the Treasury Board and the Management Board of Cabinet and, in the Vice-Chair’s absence or inability to act, to the Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, and in that Minister’s absence or inability to act, to the Minister of Transportation, subject to the provisions of subsection 1.0.3 (3) of the Financial Administration Act and subsection 2 (5) of the Management Board of Cabinet Act with respect to meetings of the Treasury Board and the Management Board of Cabinet;

And further, this Order in Council shall not be construed as appointing alternate members of the Treasury Board and the Management Board of Cabinet pursuant to subsection 1.0.2 (2) of the Financial Administration Act and subsection 2 (3) of the Management Board of Cabinet Act;

And that Order in Council O.C. 981/2021, dated July 14, 2021 be revoked.

Premier and President of the Council

Approved and Ordered:

November 24, 2021

Revoked by:

Order in Council 1087/2022

Updated: June 26, 2024

Published: December 13, 2021