Prabmeet Sarkaria became Ontario's transportation minister
In September 2023, the Brampton South MPP swapped portfolios with Caroline Mulroney, who had held transportation since 2019.
In September 2023, Prabmeet Sarkaria became Ontario's minister of transportation, switching roles with Caroline Mulroney, who became president of the Treasury Board. Todd McCarthy was named associate minister of transportation.
The changes came in a weekend cabinet shuffle that followed Housing Minister Steve Clark's resignation over the controversy about opening protected Greenbelt land to development.
The outgoing minister
Mulroney had been transportation minister since June 20, 2019, and kept the role through several shuffles. In a National Trucking Week post, the Ontario Trucking Association called her and the government one of the strongest supporters of the trucking industry in recent memory.
The new minister
Sarkaria represents Brampton South, in Peel Region, one of the province's busiest trucking hubs. Before entering politics, he worked as a corporate and commercial associate at the law firm Miller Thomson. He holds a law degree from the University of Windsor and a business administration degree from Wilfrid Laurier University.