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‘One of the most inventive minds’: ex-minister John McCallum has died

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Then-immigration minister John McCallum in 2015. McCallum died on June 21 in Mississauga, Ont., at the age of 75.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

June 25, 2025

A humble public servant with a sense of humour is how many former colleagues as well as his family are remembering ex-Liberal cabinet minister John McCallum who died on June 21, aged 75.

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