Two Foothills MLAs named to provincial cabinet committees

Two Foothills-area MLAs are included in the Alberta government's recently announced cabinet policy committees.

Premier Danielle Smith announced the policy committees on Monday, May 26.

According to the province, the committees are tasked with "setting long-range strategic priorities and contributing to proposals and reviews of legislation and regulation."

Livingstone-Macleod MLA Chelsae Petrovic will chair the Public Safety and Wellness committee.

The full committee includes:

• Chelsae Petrovic, LMA (chair)
• Mike Ellis, Deputy Premier and Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Services
• Matt Jones, Minister of Hospital and Surgical Health Services
• Jason Nixon, Minister of Assisted Living and Social Services
• Searle Turton, Minister of Children and Family Services
  Rajan Sawhney, Minister of Indigenous Relations
• Rick Wilson, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions
• Adriana LaGrange, Minister of Public and Preventative Health Services
• Ron Wiebe, MLA for Grande Prairie-Wapiti MLA
• Justin Wright, MLA for Cypress-Medicine Hat
• Peter Singh, MLA for Calgary-East

RJ Sigurdson, MLA for Highwood and Agriculture and Irrigation Minister, will serve as a member of the Economic Development committee.

The full committee includes:

• Jackie Lovely, MLA for Camrose (chair)
• Tanya Fir, Minister of Arts, Culture and Status of Women
• RJ Sigurdson, Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation
• Nathan Neudorf, Minister of Affordability and Utilities
• Todd Loewen, Minister of Forestry and Parks
• Dale Nally, Minister of Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction
• Nate Glubish, Minister of Technology and Innovation
• Muhammad Yaseen, Associate Minister of Multiculturalism
• Chantelle de Jonge, MLA for Chestermere-Strathmore
• Tany Yao, MLA for Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo

The full cabinet policy committee list can be seen on the Government of Alberta website.