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Gould hires new comms director, Monsef names press secretary
By Laura Ryckewaert November 7, 2018
Plus, the Conservative official opposition has a new press secretary: Mathew Clancy.
Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould, left, has hired Amy Butcher as her new director of communications, while Status of Women Minister Maryam Monsef, right, has hired Braeson Holland, son of MP Mark Holland, as press secretary. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould has a new director of communications in her office. Amy Butcher has moved over from the Public Health Agency of Canada to take over the job.
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