Darryl Dyck and Employment Minister Jason Kenney

Employment Minister Jason Kenney: The cost of paying Conservative political staffers working in a network of satellite minister offices ballooned by 70 per cent during the same years the government was asking departments to tighten their belts. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. The number of satellite locations with staff has risen from 11 to 16 to include smaller centres such as Kitchener, Ont., Charlottetown and Iqaluit. Employment Minister Jason Kenney is pictured in West Vancouver on August 6, 2014. THE Darryl Dyck Between 2009-10 and 2013-14, the budget for staffing at the regional offices rose from $1.6 million to $2.7 million, according to figures tabled in the House of Commons this week. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.