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Opposition Parties Dept: Angelo Persichilli, the Toronto-based former political editor of the Italian-language newspaper Corriere Canadese and a columnist for The Toronto Star, will take over from Mr. Harper s long-time communications aide, Dimitri Soudas. More related to this story With opposition parties in chaos, Tories focus on tone Who will replace Dimitri Soudas as Stephen Harper s megaphone? Loyal voice of the PMO stepping down, according to Globe and Mail. According to his resume, distributed by the PMO, Mr. Persichilli oversaw the production of Channel 47's three daily news telecasts: Chinese, Italian and Portuguese, and has produced and hosted his own specials, has interviewed ministers, prime ministers and international leaders. Stephen Harper has plucked a journalist from the ranks of Canada s ethnic media to be his new communications director, a nod to the success of the Tory strategy to win over immigrant communities by appealing to their social conservatism. It is clearly his strong association with the ethnic Canadian media that has attracted Mr. Harper. In addition to his positions with newspapers, he s also been a political commentator on television and radio, including Omni-TV where he also served as vice-president of news programming. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.