Doug Ford increases size of Ontario cabinet again in latest reshuffle [Video]

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has bolstered the size of his cabinet to 37 ministers and associate ministers following a mini-summer reshuffle, breaking his own record for the province’s largest cabinet.

On Friday, Ford was forced to move around his top team when Todd Smith stood down as minister of education barely two months after taking the job.

Jill Dunlop, who had been in charge of colleges and universities, was moved into education the same day, with her vacant portfolio taken over by junior cabinet minister Nolan Quinn. Quinn had been associate minister of forestry and was replaced by Kevin Holland, who did not previously have a cabinet post.

As part of the same shuffle, Graham McGregor — previously parliamentary assistant to the solicitor general — was also elevated to the top table as associate minister for auto theft and bail reform.

The changes mean Ford now presides over the largest cabinet in history, breaking …