Julian Fantino: Embattled Cabinet Minister

Prime Minister Stephen Harper Dept: OTTAWA -- A day after embattled cabinet minister Bev Oda announced she was stepping down from her post as international co-operation minister, Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed Julian Fantino to the job, according to Winnipeg Free Press. He's being replaced in that portfolio by Bernard Valcourt, a minister from New Brunswick who'll continue his role as minister of state for Atlantic Canada and la Francophonie and fred Chartrand / THE CANADIAN PRESS Archives Julian Fantino is Canada s new international co-operation minister. CP Fantino, former chief of Toronto police, had been serving as associate minister of national defence. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.