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Fresh faces among Public Works Minister Lightbound’s 16-member team

Wilder Walker-Stewart has been elevated to the role of director of policy to Minister Lightbound, overseeing advisers Whitney McDiarmid and Kabisan Thanendran.

Government Transformation, Public Works, and Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound speaks to reporters during a press conference in the Sir John A. Macdonald Building on Sept. 25. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

November 5, 2025

Government Transformation, Public Works, and Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound has some fresh faces amongst his 16-member team, including a first-time director of policy in Wilder Walker-Stewart.

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