Andrew Bennett: Federal Election

Bennett Dept: Prime Minister Stephen Harper made the long-awaited announcement at a Vaughan mosque Tuesday, 22 months after Conservatives promised to create the office during the 2011 federal election, according to The Star. My role is not to get involved at all in the aspects of Canadian foreign policy and commercial policy, Bennett told a throng of media. It s building awareness about the issue of religious freedom abroad. Andrew Bennett, a fresh-faced scholar, former public servant and Christian college dean, has been named the first ambassador of Canada s Office of Religious Freedom. Bennett, 40, did not speak to the crowd that packed the Ahmadiyya Muslim community centre and mosque, but briefly answered questions on what exactly his office can achieve on their $5-million annual budget, before being whisked away by public relations staffers. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.