Minister Lisa MacLeod Appointed New Minister of Tourism, Culture, & Sport
On June 20, Premier Doug Ford announced a Cabinet Shuffle and appointed Minister Lisa MacLeod (Nepean) as the new Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Sport.
Minister MacLeod was most recently the Minister of of Children, Community and Social Services and Minister Responsible for Women’s Issues. Read her full biographyHERE and her Legislative Profile HERE.
The Ontario Museum Association looks forward to working with Minister MacLeod to strengthen Ontario’s museum sector.
More quick facts on the Cabinet Shuffle:
- Before this shuffle the Cabinet had 21 Ministers
- The new Cabinet has 23 Ministers and 5 Associate Ministers
- 8 Ministers remained in the same portfolio
- Read the Ontario Government News Release HERE
- For all Cabinet appointments, click HERE
- Please scroll down for links to media coverage
Thank you to Minister Michael Tibollo (Vaughan-Woodbridge) for his tenure as Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Sport. Minister Tibollo will now serve as the Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions.
As before, the OMA and Ontario Museum Sector will continue our efforts to communicate the value and importance of Ontario’s Museums.
Here’s what museums can do right now to support strong government relationships going forward:
- Introduce yourself to your MPP (in person, on twitter, by letter, or email)
- Get to know them and their priorities for your community, and think about how your museum addresses these issues
- Invite them to your museum events over the summer months (Download a template invitation HERE)
Read more about the Cabinet appointments:
Find your riding HERE.
Find your MPP’s contact information HERE.
Keep an eye out for ONmuseums dedicated to advocacy for tools, resources, and updates on our advocacy initiatives.
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I would like to suggest that we look at the tourist attractions at the Guild of all Arts in Scarborough. At the moment there are tree removal companies going into the Guild property to remove the last of the dead green ash. Some live ones are being treated with a fungus to kill the female EAB. The 70-80 year old dead ones are being turned into firewood.
Since the Guild is trying to promote different forms of art why doesn’t the City of Toronto call on some chainsaw carvers or wood carvers to carve the stumps of these trees. The tree removal people could leave 8 feet of the trunk for the artists.
There are various sites around Ontario where this has been done which has attracted many observers. The carvers do not have to be paid if they are allowed to leave their autographs on their work. They don’t need any equipment except for their own.
It will be too late soon. We have already lost about 900 in the Guild area. There is one carved in the area on a street called Morna. Royal York Rd also has some carvings in maple. There was also one at Kew Beach park for years that was quite an attraction.
They are trying to attract the public to the Guild and artists.
This must be acted on quickly.
Why am I receiving promotional material to visit places in Ontario when we are on lockdown in stage 2. We can’t meet with our families but yet travel throughout the province including casinos. Can the ministries work together. Get with the program. Very confusing.
I am wondering why if the US and Canada border is closed why are people from Quebec allowed to invade the St.Lawrence Parks . I took a ride through the Parkway and I noticed that almost every seasonal camper were from Quebec?
It doesn’t seem fair to me.
Quebec is part of Canada. We do not have border control between any provinces, and, indeed, that would be a violation of our rights as Canadians under our constitution.
Ontario is, with the exception of parts of Windsor, in phase two and Canadians are well within their rights to visit our parks. It is not an invasion but economic and tourism activity essential to our progress on re-opening our economy.
The US is still in phase one and getting worse and NY in particular is a coronavirus hot-spot where things are not well enough under control yet.
That’s why Canada and the US have mutually agreed to keep the border closed to non-essential travel.
hell try new bruinwick did and has closed all travel borders so quebec people should stay in quebec maybe this way the government could stop covid 19 since quebec was one of the highest with it
if the government mad a 60km radius from your home in any direction so you still could shop or go to the store for food or the hospital this would control covid 19 and maybe even stop it as for the people from quebec they should know what is going on and would want to try to stop covid 19 but quebec does not care about anyone but quebec