Tyler Shandro out, Jason Copping in as Alberta's health minister

Tyler Shandro is out as Alberta’s health minister and Jason Copping is taking over the key cabinet position.

Premier Jason Kenney shuffled his cabinet Tuesday in a short swearing-in ceremony at Government House.

Shandro and Copping are swapping portfolios.

Shandro takes over as the minister of labour and immigration.

The shuffle comes as Alberta is struggling with a devastating fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and Kenney faces turmoil within his own caucus.

The COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc on the province’s health-care system, bringing it to the brink of collapse.

Also Tuesday, Alberta Municipal Affairs Minister Ric McIver issued a letter to the