Diving in to Transport Minister Omar Alghabra’s team
Transport Minister Omar Alghabra has a 16-member ministerial staff team confirmed so far, most of whom worked for the minister during the last Parliament, including Miled Hill, who’s been promoted to director of policy. Hill first joined the transport minister’s office as a student, having done the practicum placement required for his master’s degree in […]
Minister Petitpas Taylor scoops up experienced chief Guy Gallant to head official languages office
After a year in the private sector, Guy Gallant is back on the Hill as chief of staff to Official Languages Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor, who’s also responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. A former staffer in Michael Ignatieff’s office as Liberal opposition leader, Gallant returned to Ottawa to work for the Trudeau Liberal […]
Trudeau should condemn Bill 21, commit to intervene if law challenged at Supreme Court, say Liberal MPs
A significant number of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s caucus says he needs to unambiguously condemn Quebec’s Bill 21 and, should the matter appear before the Supreme Court, clearly state the federal government would intervene to defend Charter rights, Liberal MPs told The Hill Times. “If you and I know that the Liberal Party is against […]
All parties have a chance to right their respective ships in 2022
OTTAWA—As the year draws to a close, it is time to reflect on politics past and future. In the past year, the governing Liberals limped out of an election, barely making any inroads into their dream of a governing majority. In the past year, the newly-minted Conservative leader dreamed that this was his party’s time […]
Minister Miller builds his Crown-Indigenous relations team, with Kettler promoted to deputy chief of staff
Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller now has much of his ministerial office in place, promoting a number of staff to fill senior roles, including Kathy Kettler, who now wears the title of deputy chief of staff. Kettler comes from Miller’s old Indigenous services team, where she’d been director of operations since August 2020. She first […]
Most of Bennett’s staffers follow her to new mental health and addictions cabinet post, including her chief of staff Sarah Welch
After moving into a brand new portfolio, Mental Health and Addictions Minister Carolyn Bennett has opted to keep much of her old ministerial team, including chief of staff Sarah Welch, who’s been working for the minister since 2016. Welch first became chief of staff to Bennett as then-minister of Crown-Indigenous relations in 2018. Before then, […]
Leslie Church now leading Deputy PM Freeland’s office
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has promoted her director of policy from the last Parliament, Leslie Church, to take over as chief of staff. Church first joined Freeland’s team as policy head in October 2020, fresh from an almost year-long run as chief of staff to then-public services and procurement minister Anita […]
Indigenous Services Minister Hajdu lines up senior team
Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu has cleared some key staffing decisions off her desk after naming a slate of directors and promoting Katharine Heus to serve as her chief of staff. Heus is currently on maternity leave, and until she’s back, Olivier Cullen, who’s otherwise been hired as Hajdu’s operations director, will be acting chief […]
Environment Minister Guilbeault finds new chief of staff
Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault has settled on a chief of staff, with former PMO senior policy adviser Dominic Cormier having officially taken the reins in the minister’s office on Nov. 22. Cormier has spent the last three and a half years working in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office, covering the finance, industry, […]
Advocates, NDP welcome ‘long overdue’ paid sick day legislation for federally regulated employees
Small business advocates and the NDP, who have been calling for the introduction of paid sick leave by the federal government for months, say they welcome the tabling of the government’s legislation that would provide federally regulated workers with 10 days of paid sick leave per year. The legislation was tabled almost 20 months into […]
