Hargreaves exits as chief of staff to Associate Finance Minister Fortier
Associate Finance and Middle Class Prosperity Minister Mona Fortier’s senior-most aide, chief of staff Lucy Hargreaves, recently bid Parliament Hill farewell after five years of federal political work. Ms. Hargreaves started out as a constituency office manager to now-Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna, running her MP’s Ottawa Centre riding office in 2016. A year later, she […]
MP Dzerowicz’s foray into Reddit hits a few snags
Liberal MP Julie Dzerowicz (Davenport, Ont.) took to popular social media site Reddit on June 9 to host an AMA, short for Ask Me Anything, wherein random users are allowed to ask questions and get hopefully cogent answers. However, the internet mob did not go easy on Ms. Dzerowicz. One point of particular note was […]
New caucus services, communications heads tapped for the LRB
Julie Dewolfe marked her last day as director of caucus services and operations in the Liberal research bureau on June 11, and soon, Linda Campbell will join the office to replace her. Also known as the LRB, the bureau is overall run by managing director Melissa Cotton, and supports all Liberal MPs, helping to provide […]
Chief Government Whip Holland hires two committees advisers and an executive assistant
Chief Government Whip Mark Holland welcomed some fresh faces to his team this spring, with two new committees advisers and a new executive assistant hired. These additions help fill gaps left after the departure of committees adviser Jared Valdes, who is now a parliamentary affairs adviser to Diversity Minister Bardish Chagger, and committees adviser Ana Krstanovic, […]
Fisheries Minister Jordan promotes new policy head
Fisheries, Oceans, and Canadian Coast Guard Minister Bernadette Jordan has promoted Jennifer Phillips to lead her policy team, along with recently welcoming two new aides to her office. Ms. Phillips replaces Allie Chalke as director of policy to Ms. Jordan. Ms. Chalke recently left to join Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office as a senior policy […]
Den Tandt heads to CIGI, Lametti hires McKenna’s press secretary
Senior communications adviser Michael Den Tandt will soon be bidding the Hill and Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s office farewell. He’s set to start a new job as managing editor for the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) on June 14. Mr. Den Tandt announced his new job on Twitter on May […]
Press secretary changes for ministers LeBlanc and Blair
Queen’s Privy Council President and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc has seen a handful of staffing moves of late, including the departure of press secretary and senior communications adviser Corinne Havard, who was replaced by Jean-Sébastien Comeau this week. Ms. Havard hasn’t gone far and has already started her new post as policy adviser to […]
Despite budget moves, EI changes not permanent, big enough: MPs, experts
Experts and advocates hoping that temporary employment insurance change would snowball into longer lasting, more permanent restructuring and reform say they’ve been left wanting and still waiting by the federal government. Changes to the employment insurance system were signalled in Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough’s (Delta, B.C.) supplemental mandate letter. In the Jan. 15, 2021 letter, […]
New directors on deck for Treasury Board President Duclos
Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos saw quite the office shake-up earlier this spring, with three new directors named, including Jean-Sébastien Bock as head of policy. Before his promotion, Mr. Bock had been a senior policy adviser in the office since December 2019. As director of policy, he replaces Dylan Marando who left to become a […]
‘No direction’ from Liberal Party on COVID campaign logistics, some candidates and riding associations complain
Election readiness is now a top priority for all federal parties, but some Liberal riding associations and candidates say they are not getting clear guidance from the party on the logistics of campaigning during or soon after a pandemic. Others, however, say they don’t need any guidance from the party on campaign logistics, and are […]
