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Read all about it: Immigration Minister Fraser’s new 17-member team

Kyle Nicholson is once again director of policy to the immigration minister, while Emilie Simard has officially taken over as director of parliamentary affairs and issues management.

Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Minister Sean Fraser—who is currently dealing with an immigration backlog of over two million applications—is pictured ahead of his testimony at the House Special Committee on Afghanistan on April 25, where he answered questions about the resettlement of displaced Afghans in Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

May 13, 2022

Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Minister Sean Fraser’s new office is now 17 staff strong, and includes a slate of five regional advisers, two of whom—Juan Sarmiento and Dorine Soundranayagam—cover Ontario. Sarmiento is a former constituency assistant to Ontario Lib...

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