Premier John Horgan announces two new ministeries

Premier John Horgan has announced the creation of a new ministry that will focus on reconciliation with Indigenous people, economic growth and environmental sustainability.

Former municipal affairs minister Josie Osborne was sworn in today as the new minister of land, water and resource stewardship, and will also be the minister responsible for fisheries.

Horgan says the new ministry reorganizes several of the government's natural resource ministries and is the result of more than a year of talks with stakeholders including First Nations.

But the Opposition BC Liberals say the government is building more bureaucracy and uncertainty when people in resource industries, especially forestry, are all looking for stability.