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MIKE DEAL / FREE PRESS Glen Simard (Brandon East) is sworn in as minister of municipal and northern relations. Premier Wab Kinew expanded and shuffled his cabinet after a year in office during a ceremony Wednesday morning at the Manitoba Legislative Building. Mike Moroz, the MLA for River Heights, will lead the department of innovation and new technology, an entirely new division. The other two new members of cabinet are Mintu Sandhu (the Maples), who is now minister of the delivery of public services, and Nellie Kennedy (Assiniboia), who is now minister of sport, culture, heritage and tourism. Jamie Moses (St. Vital) is now minister of business, mining, trade and job creation. lan Bushie (Keewatinook) is now minister of natural resources. He remains the minister of Indigenous economic development. Glen Simard (Brandon East) is now minister of municipal and northern relations. Lisa Naylor (Wolseley) remains minister of transportation and infrastructure but is no longer minister of consumer protection and government services, the news release stated. Including the premier, there are now 19 cabinet members. Reporter: Carol Sanders 241113 - Wednesday, November 13, 2024.