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New directors enlisted in Veterans Minister McKnight’s office

Plus, Shannon Ablett has been promoted to stakeholder relations manager in multi-faceted minister Dominic LeBlanc’s office.

Veterans Affairs Minister Jill McKnight recently added three staffers to her team.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

May 4, 2026

Veterans Affairs and Associate Defence Minister Jill McKnight has a few new faces in her office of late, including two new directors for policy and operations.

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