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Industry Minister Joly adds a strategic investment director

Plus, a deputy director has been promoted within Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree’s office.

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly, centre, at an Aug. 25 press conference in Ottawa announcing retaliatory tariffs on United States goods alongside Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, left, and Liberal MP Mona Fortier.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

September 7, 2026

Industry and Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions Minister Mélanie Joly recently added a new director to her office, René Sylvestre, who takes on the fresh title of director of strategic investment to the minister.

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