ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Just over three weeks after new Premier Andrew Furey revamped the provincial cabinet and changed the various departments' names, the public — and the department ministers — finally know exactly what each department is responsible for.
A news release Thursday outlined the structure:
• Office of the Executive Council: Treasury Board Secretariat is within the Office of the Executive Council, including strategic human resource oversight, collective bargaining, treasury board support, program accountability and the comptroller general’s office;
• Department of Children, Seniors and Social Development: department is restructured to consist of all the functions formerly within the Department of Children, Seniors and Social Development, but excluding the wellness, sport and recreation functions;
• Department of Digital Government and Service Newfoundland and Labrador; this new department consists of all the functions formerly within Service Newfoundland and Labrador, with two branches: Digital Government and Services, and Regulatory Affairs;
• Department of Education: this new department includes functions formerly within the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, and some of those post-secondary education functions formerly within the Department of Advanced Education, Skills and Labour, with the exception of apprenticeship and trades certification and industrial training;
• Department of Environment, Climate Change and Municipalities: this new department consists of all the functions formerly within the Department of Municipal Affairs and Environment, with the exception of fire services, emergency services and municipal infrastructure functions. Protected areas functions move to this department from the former Department of Fisheries and Land Resources;
• Department of Finance: to be realigned to include three branches: Treasury Management and Budgeting, Economics and Statistics, and Tax and Fiscal Policy;
• Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture: this new department consists of all the functions formerly within the Department of Fisheries and Land Resources, but excluding the protected areas function;
• Department of Health and Community Services: consists of all the functions formerly within the Department of Health and Community Services, but excluding the health infrastructure function. The wellness function formerly within the Department of Children, Seniors and Social Development will be assumed by the Department of Health and Community Services;
• Department of Immigration, Skills and Labour: this new department consists of all the functions formerly within the Department of Advanced Education, Skills and Labour, including apprenticeship and trades certification and industrial training, but excluding post-secondary education functions;
• Department of Industry, Energy and Technology: this new department consists of all the functions formerly within the Department of Natural Resources and all the industry and innovation functions formerly within the Department of Tourism, Culture, Industry and Innovation;
• Department of Justice and Public Safety: consists of all the functions formerly within the Department of Justice and Public Safety and all the fire services and emergency services functions formerly within the Department of Municipal Affairs and Environment;
• Public Service Commission: consists of all the functions formerly within the Public Service Commission and all the strategic staffing, opening doors, training, safety and wellness functions formerly within the Human Resource Secretariat;
• Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts and Recreation: this new department consists of all the functions formerly within the Department of Tourism, Culture, Industry and Innovation, with the exception of the industry and innovation functions, and including all of those sport and recreation functions formerly within the Department of Children, Seniors and Social Development;
• Department of Transportation and Infrastructure: this new department consists of all the functions formerly within the Department of Transportation and Works, and all the municipal infrastructure functions formerly within the Department of Municipal Affairs and Environment and health infrastructure functions formerly within the Department of Health and Community Services.
