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Staffers on the move post-shuffle as Rural Economic Development Minister Jordan continues to build team
By Laura Ryckewaert Feb. 11, 2019
A number of staffers have followed Seamus O’Regan from veterans affairs to his new office as Minister of Indigenous Services.
Rural Economic Development Minister Bernadette Jordan, Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O'Regan, Veterans Affairs Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, and Justice Minister David Lametti were all caught up in the Jan. 14 cabinet shuffle. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Cynthia Münster
Rural Economic Development Minister Bernadette Jordan is slowly building up an experienced ministerial staff team. She recently hired Brian Kaufmann to take over as her director of communications.
Laura RyckewaertLaura Ryckewaert is a deputy editor at The Hill Times.
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