Who got turned down for the language watchdog job? A Tory MP wants to know.
Heritage Minister Melanie Joly talks with media in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 15, 2016. iPolitics/Matthew Usherwood. Kady O'Malley. Thursday, June 1st, 2017. Politics · Facebook · Twitter · Reddit Share. In defending the decision to nominate a former
Heritage Minister Melanie Joly responds to a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 31, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Who got turned down for the language watchdog job?? A Tory MP wants to know.
Federal Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly was under pressure from an angry opposition on Thursday to cancel the appointment of Madeleine Meilleur, the Liberal government's pick for official languages commissioner, after revelations that two of Ms. Joly's …
OTTAWA — Either Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly lied to the House or the Liberal government's pick for Commissioner of Official Languages, Madeleine Meilleur, lied to a Commons committee vetting her appointment, the leader of the NDP charged Thursday.