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Law still doesn’t reflect equal status of five female ministers
By Peter Mazereeuw Jul. 13, 2016
Office budgets are kept secret until the year’s end.
Sport and Disabilities Minister Carla Qualtrough, Science Minister Kirsty Duncan, Status of Women Minister Patty Hajdu, Small Business and Tourism Minister Bardish Chagger, and Francophonie Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government is planning to change the law outlining ministerial titles in the fall, according to the PCO. The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright
Five ministers technically appointed as ministers of state still don’t have their roles recognized in the law used to dictate cabinet salaries.
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