Christopher Evelyn takes over as chief of staff to Women and Gender Equality Minister Monsef
Women and Gender Equality Minister Maryam Monsef has a new chief of staff leading her office with the recent promotion of Christopher Evelyn to the top job. Mr. Evelyn has been working for Ms. Monsef since late 2015, and has slowly been working his way up the proverbial Hill ladder since. He started out as […]
Hage-Moussa returns to PMO as deputy comms director after Deagle exits
Jordan Deagle, one of two deputy directors of communications in the Prime Minister’s Office, recently marked his last day on Parliament Hill, and this week, Vanessa Hage-Moussa officially replaced him, returning to her old stomping grounds in the process. In a tweet July 3, Mr. Deagle announced it was his last day working in the […]
Ministers Chagger, Joly add to political staff teams
Diversity, Youth, and Inclusion Minister Bardish Chagger has recently added a new member to her ministerial communications team, with Emelyana Titarenko having been hired as a special assistant for communications and issues management. Ms. Titarenko officially began working for the minister on June 1. A recent graduate of Mount Allison University in Sackville, N.B., from […]
Cabinet’s directors of communications and chiefs of staff list, 2021
Minister Portfolio Chief of Staff D. Comms Press Secretary Main Office # Trudeau, Justin Prime Minister Katie Telford Cameron Ahmad Ann-Clara Vaillancourt, Alex Wellstead 613-957-5555 Alghabra, Omar Transport Mike Maka Valérie Glazer Allison St-Jean 613-991-0700 Anand, Anita Public Services and Procurement Stevie O’Brien James Fitz-Morris Cecely Roy 819-997-5421 Bennett, Carolyn Crown-Indigenous Relations Sarah Welch Gillian […]
Two new advisers on Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Bennett’s team
Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett has welcomed a familiar face back to her fold, with Charlotte McKenna returning to serve as a policy adviser to the minister for the summer. A former assistant to then-Manitoba Liberal MP Doug Eyolfson, Ms. McKenna first landed a job as a legislative assistant in Ms. Bennett’s office as the […]
Quebec’s Dominique Anglade is a woman of many firsts
KAMOURASKA, QUE.—Dominique Anglade heads a lot of lists: first person of colour to be an official opposition leader in Canada; first woman to lead the Quebec Liberal Party; and the first fluently multilingual, as in speaks more than four languages (Creole, French, English, German, Spanish), party leader anywhere in Canada. And, I point out, she […]
The political mastery of Singh’s dramatic House stand
OTTAWA—Canada is the mediocre white guy in middle management who thinks he’s Walter White. So basically, Canada is Thomas Mulcair. This lack of self-awareness, fuelled by the aromatic scents of white supremacy, is why Canada thinks it’s not racist (in fact, I just spit out my coffee laughing at such a preposterous notion). To be […]
Deputy PM Freeland adds new senior adviser for Prairies file
There’s a new adviser in Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland’s office, with the recent addition of Jeffrey Kovalik-Plouffe as a senior adviser to the prime minister’s special representative for the Prairies, Liberal MP Jim Carr. A former executive director of the Manitoba Liberal Party, Mr. Kovalik-Plouffe has been working for Mr. Carr in various roles […]
We lost the Security Council vote in 21 seconds. Now what?
Any popularity contest, whether it be high school or the UN Security Council speaks volumes about the voters, and not just about the aspiring leader. What do they value? What do they want from their leadership? In 21 very long, silent seconds, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau answered that question in advance of the June 17 […]
Harvey-Blouin now covering Quebec desk for Transport Minister Garneau
Transport Minister Marc Garneau has made a number of changes to his political staff team since Hill Climbers last checked in back in late February, including William Harvey-Blouin being promoted to policy and Quebec regional affairs adviser to the minister. Mr. Harvey-Blouin was previously working as a special assistant tackling issues management in the office, […]
