Eby's cabinet retains six Islanders, includes new attorney general, finance minister

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The new cabinet, unveiled Wedesnday, shows an effort to balance gender, ethnicity, regional representation and experience. Niki Sharma takes over as attorney general, and Katrine Conroy as finance minister

B.C. Premier David Eby’s new cabinet unveiled Wednesday morning retains Vancouver Island’s power base of six cabinet ministers — though some have new posts. The new appointments were sworn in by Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin at Government House.

Rachna Singh has been appointed education and child care minister, with Victoria-Beacon Hill MLA Grace Lore as minister of state for child care. Lore had been parliamentary secretary for gender equity. Sheila Malcolmson, MLA for Nanaimo, moves to head the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction from her former post as minister of mental health and addictions, where she led the effort to reduce toxic drug overdose deaths.

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