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2010-08-30 at MIDNIGHT

Rickford nominated as parliamentary secretary

By Leith Dunick, tbnewswatch.com

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Kenora MP Greg Rickford has a new task at hand.

On Sunday, Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper nominated the first-term representative as the Parliamentary Secretary of Official Languages.

In his new role Rickford will assist Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages James Moore. Duties as a parliamentary secretaries could include representing Moore in committee meetings.

Also on Sunday Harper nominated St. Boniface, Man. MP Shelly Glover as the Parliamentary Secretary for Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

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elvis2010 says:

Big deal! Does it really matter who our dictator puts in any position. If they don't agree with what the puppet master says he will just have them removed or accused of some imaginary crime to ruin their reputation anyways!

8/31/2010 11:27:50 PM

Agree
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