Hill Climbers

New operations director, press secretary in the mix for Northern Affairs Minister Vandal

Ryan Cotter remains director of communications to the minister, but Kyle Allen has been scooped up from the Liberal research bureau to serve as Vandal’s new press secretary.

Northern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal is pictured on his way into the West Block building on Jan. 31. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

March 10, 2022

Northern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal, who was given added responsibility for Prairies Economic Development Canada and the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency last fall, has some new faces on his team this Parliament, including new operations director Nikki Hipkin. Hipkin was...

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