Parliamentary Secretaries appointed

The PMO’s news release machine is running as fast as the Liberals’ paper shredders were last week.

Just released: 

[…] Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced today the appointment of 26 new Parliamentary Secretaries to assist Ministers with their parliamentary duties.

“In the context of our smaller Cabinet, these Parliamentary Secretaries will take on a larger and more important role. They will be a key link between Ministers and Parliamentarians and will help ensure our relations with all Members of Parliament are effective and productive,” the Prime Minister said. “They are an important part of the team that will help implement the commitments we have made to Canadians.”

Parliamentary Secretaries support productive dialogue by sharing information and by bringing the concerns of Parliamentarians to the Minister, and within the government, along with other specific duties delegated by the Minister.

As public office holders, Parliamentary Secretaries are subject to the Conflict of Interest and Post-Employment Code for Public Office Holders.

PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARIES
February 2006
(In order of date first elected to the House of Commons)

James Abbott
Kooteney — Columbia (British Columbia)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women

Diane Ablonczy
Calgary — Nose Hill (Alberta)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance

Jason Kenney
Calgary Southeast (Alberta)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister for Multiculturalism

Deepak Obhrai
Calgary East (Alberta)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

David Anderson
Cypress Hills — Grasslands (Saskatchewan)
Parliamentary Secretary (for the Canadian Wheat Board) to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board

Betty Hinton
Kamloops — Thompson — Cariboo (British Columbia)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs

James Moore
Port Moody — Westwood — Port Coquitlam (British Columbia)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Works and Government Services

Lynne Yelich
Blackstrap (Saskatchewan)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources
and Social Development

Colin Carrie
Oshawa (Ontario)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry

Steven Fletcher
Charleswood — St. James — Assiniboia (Manitoba)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario

Helena Guergis
Simcoe — Grey (Ontario)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver — Whistler Olympics

Russ Hiebert
South Surrey — White Rock — Cloverdale (British Columbia)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence

Brian Jean
Fort McMurray — Athabasca (Alberta)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities

Randy Kamp
Pitt Meadows — Maple Ridge — Mission (British Columbia)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans

Ed Komarnicki
Souris — Moose Mountain (Saskatchewan)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration

Tom Lukiwski
Regina — Lumsden — Lake Centre (Saskatchewan)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform

Dave MacKenzie
Oxford (Ontario)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety

Ted Menzies
Macleod (Alberta)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Cooperation and Minister for La Francophonie and Official Languages

Rob Moore
Fundy Royal (New Brunswick)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada

Pierre Poilievre
Nepean — Carleton (Ontario)
Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board

Peter Van Loan
York — Simcoe (Ontario)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

Mark Warawa
Langley (British Columbia)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Environment

Sylvie Boucher
Beauport — Limoilou (Quebec)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister

Rod Bruinooge
Winnipeg South (Manitoba)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for MÃ

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