Hill Climbers

Sports Minister Hehr plucks press secretary from his former Veterans’ Office

Robert Asselin, former budgets director to Finance Minister Bill Morneau, has landed at BlackBerry post-Hill.

Sports and Persons with Disabilities Minister Kent Hehr pictured in Centre Block on Dec. 5 about to speak with media to address his comments to Thalidomide victims. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

December 11, 2017

Sports and Persons with Disabilities Minister Kent Hehr, who found himself in hot water and fielding media questions last week, did so with the help of a brand new press secretary, Annabelle St-Pierre Archambault. Ms. St-Pierre Archambault officia...

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