Top Conservative staffer’s mom gets nuclear regulator gig

Rumina Velshi, mother of Alykhan Velshi—a former key adviser to Immigration Minister Jason Kenney—is the newest Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission member.

By Kristen Shane

Published Jan 5, 2012 7:12 PM

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Alykhan Velshi.

The mother of a top Conservative staffer and former adviser to Immigration Minister Jason Kenney is the newest member of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, raising opposition concerns over whether it was a patronage appointment.

Rumina Velshi recently retired from a decades-long career with Ontario Power Generation. She is the mother of Alykhan Velshi, a lawyer in his late 20s from Toronto, who made a name for himself on Parliament Hill over five years on and off as a Cons...

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