Democratic Institutions Minister Gould hires new press secretary
Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould recently hired Nicky Cayer to her ministerial staff team as the office’s new press secretary. Until recently, Ms. Cayer was working on the Hill as a legislative assistant to Liberal MP David Lametti, who’s represented LaSalle-Émard-Verdun, Que., since 2015, after being elected in the riding with almost 44 per cent of […]
Fifty shades confused by spate of sexual harassment accusations
OTTAWA—Fifty shades of confusion is the only way to portray the spate of sexual harassment accusations that have overtaken legislatures across the country. Me-too mantra says all accusers must be believed. But when the facts are faceless or uncorroborated, what happens to fairness? The second element of confusion stems from the definition of sexual harassment. […]
Liberal research bureau hires former ITK comms officer for outreach work
A new outreach assistant recently started work in the Liberal caucus’ research bureau on the Hill, also known as the LRB. Mitchell White officially started on the job as a special assistant for outreach on Jan. 22. Before then, he was working for the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), a non-profit organization that represents Inuit communities […]
Conservatives raise nearly $19-million in 2017; biggest haul of any recognized party
The federal Conservatives outmuscled their rivals in the race for crucial fundraising dollars in all four quarters of 2017, attracting $719,000 more in donations than the governing Liberals in the last three months alone, newly released statistics from Elections Canada show. The Tories posted their best fundraising period of the year in the fourth quarter […]
What the Aga Khan Foundation does with Canadian government money
On the day the Bamyan hospital first opened its doors, 12 women arrived in various stages of labour. In Afghanistan, where pregnancy kills one of every 52 women, giving life can be a death sentence. But the chances of survival for these 12 women dramatically increased when they walked through the new hospital’s front doors. […]
MP Todd Doherty suffers life-threatening illness, urges everyone to stay healthy
An emergency gallbladder-removal surgery led doctors to discover that Conservative MP Todd Doherty was suffering a life-threatening illness. After an outing with friends and family on Jan. 20, Mr. Doherty was rushed to the emergency room, he wrote in a Facebook post on Jan. 29 from his B.C. hospital bed. Turns out he needed to […]
PMO operations team split, staff moves abound
Some major changes took place in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office last week, ahead of director of operations John Zerucelli’s planned departure around the end of the spring session, including splitting the PMO’s operations team into two. Originally from Etobicoke, Ont., Mr. Zerucelli is set to leave Ottawa to move back to Toronto, where he […]
Meet Trudeau’s lead on multicultural communications, PMO press secretary Amreet Kaur
Canadian political parties are increasingly emphasizing multicultural communications and outreach work, and as the Liberal government’s lead staffer focused on communicating with the country’s many multicultural communities and news outlets, PMO press secretary Amreet Kaur plays a “vital” role in the office. “The component of multicultural outreach remains one of the vital components of any […]
Liberal MPs hope cabinet ministers, PM Trudeau ‘learned their lessons’ from ‘unforced errors’ of last two years
As Justin Trudeau’s Liberals start the third year of their first mandate, Liberal MPs say they hope their caucus colleagues, including cabinet ministers and the prime minister, won’t repeat the “unforced errors” made in the first half of their term, which have become a “distraction” and have thrown them off the government’s agenda. “It certainly […]
Handful of new staff hires to Conservative leader Scheer’s team
Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer has hired a handful of new aides to help support the work of his official opposition caucus on the Hill, including a new digital media liaison, Morgan Swan. Ms. Swan joined the Official Opposition Leader’s Office (OLO) earlier this month, after spending the last stretch of 2017 doing public affairs […]
