PM chooses four more Ottawa-area MPs for parliamentary secretary posts | Ottawa Citizen

Author of the article: Jon Willing Orléans MP Marie-France Lalonde was named parliamentary secretary to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Sean Fraser. Photo by Julie Oliver /Postmedia Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has chosen several Ottawa-area MPs, including some rookie members of Parliament, to be parliamentary secretaries. Advertisement This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Trudeau announced the appointments on Friday. Parliamentary secretaries help ministers, but don’t sit in cabinet. Orléans MP Marie-France Lalonde was named parliamentary secretary to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Sean Fraser. Ottawa Centre MP Yasir Naqvi will be parliamentary secretary to Privy Council President and Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair. Kanata-Carleton MP Jenna Sudds is parliamentary secretary to Women and Gender Equality and Youth Minister Marci Ien. Ottawa West-Nepean MP Anita Vandenbeld is parliamentary secretary to International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan. Hull MP Greg Fergus remains as parliamentary secretary to the prime minister and parliamentary secretary to the Treasury Board president, who is Ottawa-Vanier MP Mona Fortier. Trudeau also announced Fergus would be sworn in as a member of the Privy Council. In October, Trudeau announced Gatineau MP Steven MacKinnon as chief government whip. jwilling@postmedia.com twitter.com/JonathanWilling Ottawa Citizen Headline News Sign up…
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