Dan Arnold exits the PMO, new role of Indigenous outreach adviser added
The end of 2021 also brought the end of Dan Arnold’s six-year run as director of research and advertising in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau‘s office A former associate vice president of Pollara Strategic Insights, Arnold became lead research strategist for the federal Liberal Party in March 2014, overseeing public opinion research and analysis in the lead-up […]
Tourism and Associate Finance Minister Boissonnault names Lockington as chief of staff
Elliott Lockington has reached the top ranks of Parliament Hill’s staff pecking order, having been made chief of staff to new Tourism and Associate Finance Minister Randy Boissonnault. He’s spent the last four years as a director of parliamentary affairs. His first two years wearing the title were spent in the federal heritage minister’s office, […]
A look at Housing Minister Hussen’s team, led by chief Hursh Jaswal
Now Housing and Diversity and Inclusion Minister Ahmed Hussen has brought Hursh Jaswal to his new office as chief of staff. Jaswal has been working for Hussen since he became minister of immigration, refugees, and citizenship in 2017; Jaswal had already been working in the office as a special assistant under former minister John McCallum, […]
Matheson takes charge of Minister Rodriguez’s heritage team
Once again in the heritage portfolio, Minister Pablo Rodriguez, who also continues as the government’s Quebec Lieutenant, has brought over his policy director from the government House leader’s office, John Matheson, to serve as chief of staff. Matheson will run Rodriguez’s office as heritage minister, while Geneviève Hinse is chief of staff in his Quebec […]
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 […]
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 […]
