This move seems to me to speaks volumes of where Wynne et al are or perhaps are not focusing the next 2 years.
"Mauro is being replaced at Natural Resources and Forestry by Kitchener-area MPP Kathryn McGarry, a nurse who also has a background in municipal planning.
“I understand what an important role managing Ontario’s natural resources is and how valuable they are to our economy,” McGarry said in a statement."
http://www.chroniclejournal.com/news/local/north-s-ministers-lack-weight/article_593b0ae8-31eb-11e6-8fdc-83816cb3153b.html