 He was not appointed to cabinet, however, and instead served as parliamentary secretary to the Secretary of State for External Affairs from 1993 to 1995, and to the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 1996.He did not seek re-election in 1997.Flis endorsed Dalton McGuinty's bid to lead the Liberal Party of Ontario in 1996 ("Canada Newswire", 19 August 1996).