Hill Climbers

A roundup of Immigration Minister Diab’s team so far

Elizabeth Cheesbrough has been named deputy chief of staff and director of policy to the minister, while Lisa Cheskes reprises her role as director of case management.

Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Minister Lena Metlege Diab arrives for a National Security Council meeting in the West Block in Ottawa on June 13. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

August 4, 2025

New Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Minister Lena Metlege Diab has hired plenty of familiar hands to her ministerial office to date, pulling from the former teams of her portfolio predecessors.

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