{"id":250212,"date":"2025-10-30T14:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/250212\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T14:08:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:08:10","slug":"opposition-concerned-by-new-slimmed-down-cabinet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/250212\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition Concerned by New Slimmed Down Cabinet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Opposition Leader John Hogan is settling into his new role, accusing the new Tory government of breaking promises the moment they were sworn in.<\/p>\n<p>Hogan met with media shortly after Premier Tony Wakeham and his cabinet took their oaths of office at Government House yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>He had previously expressed doubts about the PCs\u2019 ability to follow through on the plethora of promises made during the election campaign.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/john-hogan-surrounded-by-opposition-caucus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-283448\" class=\"size-full wp-image-283448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/john-hogan-surrounded-by-opposition-caucus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-283448\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Hogan surrounded by what will be his Opposition caucus (VOCM News)<\/p>\n<p>And after seeing the new cabinet, and the titles of their departments, he says it\u2019s already clear that the actual product is far from what was advertised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Conservatives campaign on a lot of social issues such as affordability, health care, seniors, and now when we see on Day 1, when they put their cabinet together, those things seem to have disappeared,\u201d he said. \u201d So I don\u2019t think what they campaigned on \u2026 they\u2019ve been completely upfront with Newfoundland and Labradorians when you look at what the titles of these departments are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hogan added it\u2019s concerning that the former department for women and gender equality, as well as seniors and health care no longer have standalone ministers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nl-ndp-leader-jim-dinn-opposition-house-of-assembly-april-14-2025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-267529\" class=\"size-full wp-image-267529\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nl-ndp-leader-jim-dinn-opposition-house-of-assembly-april-14-2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-267529\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NDP Leader Jim Dinn (VOCM News)<\/p>\n<p>The NDP share the same concerns with a shrunken PC cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>Leader Jim Dinn says he\u2019s worried about the amount of work assigned to each cabinet minister and how much attention key issues will receive.<\/p>\n<p>Dinn says it\u2019s time for Wakeham to \u201cshow his work,\u201d with his campaign promises.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve brought up issues with regards to pay equity, card check certification and anti-scab legislation. And climate change is sort of buried in with a bunch of other responsibilities,\u201d he told reporters in the lobby of Confederation Building.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do have concerns about some of these, I would say, rather important portfolios being blended in with others.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Opposition Leader John Hogan is settling into his new role, accusing the new Tory government of breaking promises&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250213,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-250212","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}