Cabinet Building: If I were McGuinty

Seeing as though McGuinty will announce his new cabinet this week, I thought I'd take a stab at building it myself. This isn't a prediction, but more of how I'd form it based on what I know about the Liberal caucus.

I think McGuinty has a wealth of talent in his caucus and some current cabinet ministers probably deserve to be left out of the new Executive. Furthermore, there are plenty of experienced women MPPs to increase the number within cabinet.

Premier - Dalton McGuinty
Finance - Kathleen Wynne (She defeated John Tory and she's done a good job in Education. Will send a message to appoint a woman to this position. Plus she's from Toronto)
Education - Jim Watson (The current Health Promotion minister is a natural coalition builder and deserves a promotion within Cabinet)
Health - Chris Bentley (Implemented McGuinty's aggressive post-secondary policies as Advanced Ed Minister, deserves a promotion)
Environment - George Smitherman (He's done a good job in health care and needs something new, but still important. The Environment will be a major portfolio over the next four years, and McGuinty needs a fighter in there.
Transportation - Donna Cansfield (She should stay in this position)
Labour - David Caplan
Economic Development and Trade - Jim Bradley
Training, Colleges and Universities - Laura Albanese (from Anchor of Italian News on OMNI)
Municipal Affairs and Housing - Dwight Duncan (Windsor MPP and solid cabinet performer)
Attorney General - Michael Bryant (Has been a consistently solid Attorney General. He deserves another term in the role)
Community Safety and Solicitor General - Wayne Arthurs (2nd term MPP and former mayor of Pickering, sorry Monte Kwinter, but we need some fresh blood in cabinet.)
Culture - Laurel Broten (The story about her garage entitles her to demotion within cabinet)
Tourism - Sandra Pupatello (She'd do a good job selling Ontario to the rest of the world)
Intergovernmental Affairs - Madeleine Meilleur
Democratic Renewal - Jim Bradley
Women's Issues - Sandra Pupatello
House Leader - Jim Bradley (An experienced legislator)
Health Promotion - Dr. Helena Jaczek (former Public Health Officer for York Region)
Public Infrastructure - John Gerresten (Former Municipal Affairs and Housing)
Children and Youth Services - Sophia Aggelontis (New MPP from Hamilton)
Revenue - Dave Levac
Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs - John Wilkinson (2nd term MPP from rural area)
Energy - David Ramsay (Long time member of the leg, and almost lost his seat)
Natural Resources- Steve Peters
Community and Social Services - Aileen Carroll (New Barrie MPP and former federal CIDA Minister)
Government Services - Gerry Phillips
Citizenship and Immigration - Madeleine Meilleur
Aboriginal Affairs - Deb Matthews (second term London MPP)
Northern Development and Mines - Rick Bartolucci (He's done a good job and apparently enjoys this portfolio.)

So there you have it. I didn't create any new positions, but there could always be some created by McGuinty.

Total Cabinet size: 26
Men - 16
Women - 10
GTA - 10
Ottawa - 3
North - 2
Rural - 5
New faces - 7