Does Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who apparently does not drink, not seem like   
   the sort of fellow who does?               - Christie Blatchford     
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   CBC News · Posted: Jun 26, 2019   
      
      
   Ontario Premier Doug Ford has named 31 MPPs as parliamentary assistants, with   
   each receiving an additional $16,600 on top of their already six-figure   
   salaries.   
      
   Wednesday's appointments raise the number of parliamentary assistants to 13   
   more than before cabinet shuffle   
      
   Ford's office announced the names in a news release Wednesday, the same day   
   opposition parties called for an external review into government appointments   
   after it was revealed that at least three had personal ties to his former   
   chief of staff.  [- - -]   
      
   Wednesday's announcement means there are now 13 more parliamentary assistants   
   than there were before the cabinet shuffle.   
      
   "The gravy train is getting crowded," said NDP MPP Taras Natyshak. "Under   
   Ford, hundreds of health care and education workers have gotten pink slips,   
   and every public sector working person will see their salary throttled to one   
   per cent or less this year.   
      
   "Does Doug Ford's cabinet actually need this much help? Or is Doug Ford using   
   public money to buy the happiness and loyalty of a caucus that's been   
   reportedly unhappy with him?"   
      
      
   Here's the entire list of parliamentary assistants:   
      
       Will Bouma - parliamentary assistant to the premier.   
       Lindsey Park - parliamentary assistant to the attorney general.   
       Toby Barrett - parliamentary assistant to the minister of Agriculture,   
   Food and Rural Affairs (Agriculture and Food).   
       Randy Pettapiece - parliamentary assistant to the minister of Agriculture,   
   Food and Rural Affairs (Rural Affairs).   
       Amy Fee - parliamentary assistant to the minister of Children, Community   
   and Social Services (Children and Autism) and deputy house leader.   
       Jeremy Roberts - parliamentary assistant to the minister of Children,   
   Community and Social Services (Community and Social Services).   
       Nina Tangri - parliamentary assistant to the minister of Economic   
   Development, Job Creation and Trade (Economic Development).   
       Donna Skelly - parliamentary assistant to the minister of Economic   
   Development, Job Creation and Trade (Job Creation and Trade).   
       Sam Oosterhoff - parliamentary assistant to the minister of Education.   
       David Smith - parliamentary assistant to the minister of Energy, Northern   
   Development and Mines and parliamentary assistant to the minister of   
   Indigenous Affairs.   
       Andrea Khanjin - parliamentary assistant to the minister of the   
   Environment, Conservation and Parks.   
       Stan Cho - parliamentary assistant to the minister of Finance.   
       Gila Martow - parliamentary assistant to the minister of Francophone   
   Affairs.   
       Robert Bailey - parliamentary assistant to the minister of Government and   
   Consumer Services.   
       Robin Martin - parliamentary assistant to the minister of Health.   
       Mike Harris - parliamentary assistant to the minister of Natural Resources   
   and Forestry.   
       Stephen Crawford - parliamentary assistant to the minister of   
   Infrastructure.   
       Norm Miller - parliamentary assistant to the minister of Intergovernmental   
   Affairs.   
       Jane McKenna - parliamentary assistant to the minister of Labour.   
       Effie Triantafilopoulos - parliamentary assistant to the minister of   
   Long-Term Care.   
       Jim McDonell - parliamentary assistant to the minister of Municipal   
   Affairs and Housing (Municipal Affairs).   
       Parm Gill - parliamentary assistant to the minister of Municipal Affairs   
   and Housing (Housing).   
       Daisy Wai - parliamentary assistant to the minister for Seniors and   
   Accessibility.   
       Christine Hogarth - parliamentary assistant to the solicitor general   
   (Community Safety).   
       Belinda Karahalios - parliamentary assistant to the solicitor general   
   (Correctional Services).   
       Vincent Ke - parliamentary assistant to the minister of Tourism, Culture   
   and Sport (Culture and Sport).   
       Billy Pang - parliamentary assistant to the minister of Tourism, Culture   
   and Sport (Tourism).   
       David Piccini - parliamentary assistant to the minister of Training,   
   Colleges and Universities.   
       Vijay Thanigasalam - parliamentary assistant to the minister of   
   Transportation.   
       Michael Parsa - parliamentary assistant to the president of the Treasury   
   Board.   
       Rudy Cuzzetto - parliamentary assistant to the president of the Treasury   
   Board (Internal Audit).   
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