Meet the chiefs

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🏝️ Hello from a balmy beach in southern Europe, where provincial politics has roped me back in — specifically: that hotly anticipated chiefs-of-staff shuffle just went down, and, as promised, I’m popping in to give you the rundown on who’s going where. Plus, everything else you need to know during this not-so-sleepy summer at the Pink Palace.

MEET THE CHIEFS — Now that cabinet’s shuffled, the people behind the people on the front bench are getting the ol’ switcheroo, too.

For all his gravy-train bashing, Premier DOUG FORD boasts the biggest (and most expensive) cabinet ever in Ontario, and the chiefs of staff are no different.

Devoted readers will recognize plenty of familiar faces staffing up the major portfolios, but there’s just as many rookies o…