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Also at their posts are the over-his-head Forests Minister Doug Donaldson, the robotic Transportation Minister Claire Trevena and the fumbling Citizens’ Services Minister Jinny Sims.

In more challenging times such underwhelming appointees would have been shuffled downward or to the backbench — if only to divert attention from the premier’s own performance.

Horgan did tweak Donaldson’s responsibilities earlier this summer, shifting responsibility for disaster recovery programs to Solicitor General Farnworth.

The move was fraught with unintended irony, given that Donaldson has himself been a bit of a disaster as a minister.

But to date Horgan has dropped no hints of a pending cabinet shuffle nor is he under noticeable pressure to make preparations for one.

Continuity has been largely the rule at the upper echelons of the public service as well.

Horgan set a high standard at the outset of his term when he appointed Don Wright, a respected career public servant, as head of the public service.

Wright kept in place many of those who were, like himself, prepared to serve a new government as professionals, enabling the New Democrats to hit the ground running on their ambitious agenda.

Likewise, Horgan’s chief political adviser remains Geoff Meggs, the former Vancouver city councillor, author and ex-journalist (yikes!) appointed chief of staff to the incoming premier two years ago.

The cross-government continuity is a measure of how smoothly things have gone over the past two years, not least for the guy at the top.