Task Force: Minister and Crime Reduction

task force: Lisa Mac Leod, Ontario's minister of children, community and social services, said she was encouraged that Federal Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen was removed from the Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Irregular Migration, according to Toronto Star. Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS Blair was named to the new position of minister of border security and organized crime reduction, with responsibility for the issue of refugees who have been crossing into Canada from the U.S., mostly into Quebec. Lisa Mac Leod, Ontario's minister of children, community and social services, said she was encouraged that Hussen was removed from the Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Irregular Migration and replaced by former Toronto police chief Bill Blair, who was recently promoted to cabinet. New Brunswick MP Dominic LeBlanc was confirmed Monday as the new chair of the task force, replacing Transport Minister Marc Garneau. MacLeod welcomed the change, suggesting it was a chance to reset relationships on the file between Ottawa and Queen's Park. LeBlanc became minister of intergovernmental and northern affairs and internal trade in the July cabinet shuffle. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.