Blair’s focus will be guns, drugs, organized crime, more than migration, suggests Parl. Sec. Vaughan

The addition of Bill Blair as a cabinet minister tackling organized crime and border security is a ‘dilution’ of the public safety and immigration ministers’ authority, says former Tory minister Chris Alexander.

Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction Bill Blair, left, sits with Minister of Public Safety Ralph Goodale, right, as they testify in front of the House Immigration Committee on July 24 on the impact of asylum seekers irregularly crossing the Canada-U.S. border. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

July 25, 2018

Though his new cabinet post gives him responsibility for irregular migration, the job of newly appointed cabinet minister Bill Blair will be about so much more, including “guns, drugs, and organized crime,” says Adam Vaughan, the parliamentary secretary for housing and urban affairs. “Where I...

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