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Harper aide named Air Canada liaison

Published: 19 July 2012

A senior aide to the prime minister is moving into a government affairs job with Air Canada, raising pointed questions about the strength of ethical rules governing the post-political lives of government staffers on Parliament Hill.

Derek Vanstone, currently Stephen Harper's deputy chief of staff, will become vice-president of corporate strategy and government affairs for the airline in September, Air Canada announced Thursday.

... 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ professor Karl Moore said Vanstone's appointment will benefit Air Canada. "He has wonderful contacts and knows how the government runs," said Moore, an associate professor at 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ's Desautels Faculty of Management.

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