SCOOP: Chiefs of staff shuffle, Standing Order shakeup

And were the budget gods good to you?

ABOVE THE FOLD

We’re digging into the good, the bad and the ugly of spring budget reactions — but first, here’s the skinny on the Ford government’s chiefs of staff shakeup and a breakdown of changes to the Standing Orders, the Legislature’s procedural rulebook — Independents, brace yourselves.

Let’s have at it.

SCOOP — MOVERS AND SHAKERS — The folks behind the folks on the front bench were shuffled this week.

We already told you about MATT HIRAISHI and PATRICK SCHERTZER — chiefs of staff to Education Minister STEPHEN LECCE and Attorney General DOUG DOWNEY, respectively — who were confirmed in the memo from Premier DOUG FORD’s chief, PATRICK SACKVILLE, that I got my hands on.

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