N.S. news: Cabinet to be sworn-in [Video]

Premier Tim Houston revealed the new cabinet and department names for the Nova Scotia government at a swearing-in ceremony on Thursday.

Houston, who swept back into power with a 43-seat supermajority in the provincial election last month, unveiled the 21-member cabinet. His previous cabinet, announced in 2021, had 18 members.

The cabinet reveal was accompanied by several name changes to departments. The Department of Economic Development is now the Department of Growth and Development. It will also include Housing.

The Office of Regulatory Affairs and Service Efficiency is now simply Service Efficiency. The Department of Community Services is now the Department of Opportunities and Social Development.

Houston shuffled the cabinet and reassigned multiple roles. Timothy Halman, who was appointed deputy premier last October, is now the minister of Service Efficiency. He will also remain as minister of Environment and Climate Change.

Barbara Adams is now the deputy premier and deputy …