Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet has not specified just what pressing questions there are about new Transport Minister Omar Alghabra that require answers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Last week must have been a rollercoaster for Liberal MP Omar Alghabra. After more than 15 years spent in and around federal politics, he was elevated to the government’s front bench, named as the new transport minister in a Jan. 12 cabinet shuffle.
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