Phil up?

Earler, we reported Philip Steenkamp would be replacing Bruce Okabe as the deputy minister of tourism, culture and the arts effective October 1. Of course, that means Mr. Steenkamp - who was seconded to the Ontario civil service in 2006 - is returning to British Columbia. And that has some wondering whether tourism, culture and the arts will be his final destination or just a stop-over on his way to another more senior post in the provincial bureaucracy.