Politics This Morning: Trudeau sets the stage for G7 summit; Sajjan to meet with U.S. counterpart
Good Thursday Morning, Hope those who made out to The Hill Times’ party last night had a blast! Here’s what’s happening on the Hill (and beyond) today: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is still in La Malbaie, Que., where has a packed agenda. First, he’ll participate in a roundtable with stakeholders from the Charselevoix region. Charlevoix […]
Conservative leader’s office adds new stakeholder adviser
Conservative leader Andrew Scheer recently added a new stakeholder relations adviser, Karina Rolland-Sardana, to the staff team working to support the official opposition party’s caucus on the Hill. Up until earlier this month, Ms. Rolland-Sardana had been vice president of administration for the Hockey Eastern Ontario Minor AA/A league board and director of the Gloucester […]
In the political fight of her life: who’s who on Wynne’s campaign team
The Ontario Liberals, led by Premier Kathleen Wynne, are in the political battle of their lives to win a fifth consecutive term in government on June 7 and have recruited some top talent to help out, including a number of former aides to former prime minister Paul Martin and former Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty. “It’s […]
PMO hires new issues adviser straight out of Finance Minister Morneau’s office
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office has recruited a new issues adviser to its fold straight out of Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s office. Chloé Luciani-Girouard marked her first day in the issues management branch of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on May 14. She fills a gap left by the recent departure of former PMO issues […]
New staffers for ministers Freeland, Morneau, Sajjan
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland has been busy lately with North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations in Washington, D.C., but back home in Ottawa a new assistant has joined her ministerial staff team. Brett Aylward is now working in Ms. Freeland’s office as an assistant to the minister’s parliamentary secretary, Andrew Leslie, who supports the minister […]
What Trudeau’s India trip taught the Conservatives
OAKVILLE, ONT.—When recent polls indicated Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had bounced back from his recent dip in popularity, it was easy to conclude the Conservative Party, which in some surveys had actually surpassed the Liberals, had somehow lost its momentum. But that would be a wrong conclusion, not because the Conservatives still have any momentum, […]
Health minister hires new communications director, Mathieu Filion, from Duclos’ team
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas-Taylor recently scooped up a new director of communications straight out of Families, Children, and Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos’ office. Mathieu Filion took over as communications director to Ms. Petitpas-Taylor on April 30, and is now working closely with the minister’s press secretary, Thierry Bélair. Before then, he’d been doing the […]
The Liberal Party of Canada donation experience
I walk to my community mailbox, which I have loved since Justin Trudeau said I could. My anticipation is building like pressure from a Mentos dropped into a (Liberal) red bottle of Coca-Cola. Peering inside, I see a single letter with a familiar red marking on the envelope. The Liberal Party of Canada has issued […]
Justice minister gets new chief of staff, Jessica Prince
Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould has a new chief of staff in her ministerial office, with former senior policy adviser Jessica Prince having recently returned to take on the top job. Ms. Prince had been a senior policy adviser to Ms. Wilson-Raybould from January 2016 until mid-September 2017, when she departed “to travel the world,” as […]
Staff changes for Finance Minister Morneau, new directors promoted
A few more senior staffing changes have taken place in Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s office recently, including the departure of his director of parliamentary affairs, Catherine Loiacono, on April 23. Ms. Loiacono had joined Mr. Morneau’s office around the start of the fall session, and before then had been a senior account director at Coast Communications […]
