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Citizens’ services minister ‘unsexiest’ title, but ‘lack of spotlight’ on Beech not bad news politically, say observers

Former Liberal staffer Olivier Cullen says that Terry Beech has quietly taken passports out of the opposition’s ‘arsenal,’ but former NDP staffer Cam Holmstrom says ‘the sad irony is’ the government needed more delivery-focussed ministers from the start.

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