Hill Climbers

Ministers LeBlanc, Hodgson, Thompson make key staffing hires

For one, Samir Kassam is deputy chief of staff and director of policy to Natural Resources and Energy Minister Tim Hodgson.

Canada-U.S. Trade and One Canadian Economy Minister Dominic LeBlanc, left, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson, and Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson have further fleshed out their respective ministerial teams.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

June 23, 2025

Privy Council President and Intergovernmental Affairs, Canada-U.S. Trade, and One Canadian Economy Minister Dominic LeBlanc—say that five times fast—is making progress in firming up his team, with directors of communications and operations now confirmed....

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