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New deputy ministers at helm of immigration, innovation, health, environment

Former public service commissioner says preparatory work needed in government before an election 'best led by a deputy minister,' and that governments tend to avoid major appointments once writ is dropped.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a number of top appointments in the federal public service in the final weeks leading up to the soon-to-be-called election.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

September 11, 2019

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced more than a dozen shifts in the higher ranks of the public service and within government agencies, including four deputy minister changes, in the final weeks leading up to the election call. Catrina Tapley was tapped for the role of deput...

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