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Freeland, LeBlanc, Morneau voted most influential ministers in 26th annual Politically Savvy Survey
By Neil Moss September 17, 2018
The NDP's Nathan Cullen, and Conservatives Pierre Poilievre, Andrew Scheer, and Michelle Rempel also took top honours.
Finance Minister Bill Morneau, left, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc, and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland were named the most influential ministers in cabinet in the The Hill Times’ 26th annual Politically Savvy Survey. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
PARLIAMENT HILL—Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc, and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland are this year’s best cabinet ministers in Question Period, according to politicos who participated in The Hill Times‘ 26th annual Politically Savvy Survey.
Neil MossNeil Moss is a reporter at The Hill Times covering federal politics, foreign policy, and defence.
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