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, […]
International Development Minister Sajjan taps Ashley Wright to lead his new office
Ashley Wright has joined the chief of staff ranks on Parliament Hill, having been tapped to lead new International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan’s office. Sajjan is now also the minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada. Wright spent the previous Parliament as director of policy to then-digital government minister Joyce Murray, briefly […]
Labour Minister O’Regan sets his senior staff lineup
Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan is settling into his new portfolio, and has lined up a good chunk of his office so far, with his full senior staff team now in place, to be led by chief of staff Paul Moen. Mr. Moen was most recently running Mr. O’Regan’s office as the minister for natural resources, […]
Former environment staffers dominate Natural Resources Minister Wilkinson’s team
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson has made much headway in firming up his new ministerial team, recently naming two policy directors—one focused on clean energy and innovation, and the other on sustainable resources development—along with a director of operations and more. In all, nine of the 15 staff confirmed so far in Mr. Wilkinson’s office […]
Health Minister Duclos names chief of staff, policy head
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos scooped up experienced staffer Jamie Kippen to serve as his new chief of staff. Mr. Kippen was most recently busy as a senior director of election readiness at Liberal Party headquarters, but before he left to take up that post in March, he’d been chief of staff to then-diversity, inclusion, and […]
Who’s who among senior political staff confirmed so far
From government to opposition, staff have been hard at work behind the scenes to get ready for the start of the new Parliament, and while cabinet ministers are still finalizing their new staff teams, Hill Climbers is diving into who’s who among senior staffers settled so far. Topping the list for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s […]
Ministers Qualtrough, MacAulay confirm chief of staff picks
Employment, Workforce Development, and Disability Inclusion Minister Carla Qualtrough and Veterans Affairs and Associate Defence Minister Lawrence MacAulay have locked in their chiefs of staff. In Ms. Qualtrough’s office, longtime Hill staffer Taras Zalusky will continue as chief of staff. He’s been working for Ms. Qualtrough since she stepped into her now-former post as minister […]
International Trade Minister Ng locks in senior staff team
International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business, and Economic Development Minister Mary Ng recently confirmed her senior staff team, with all directors in her office—all of whom are women—continuing in their pre-shuffle posts. Lesley Sherban is deputy chief of staff and director of operations to the minister. She’s been working for Ms. Ng since March 2018, […]
Claire Seaborn named chief of staff to Natural Resources Minister Wilkinson
New Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is making headway in getting his office into shape, and recently hired Claire Seaborn to serve as his chief of staff. Ms. Seaborn has spent most of the last three years working for now former Liberal minister Catherine McKenna, starting in September 2018 as a senior adviser for legal and […]
Chiefs of staff on the move: will they stay or will they go?
It’s a busy time on Parliament Hill, as ministers work to settle their political staff teams after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his new front bench on Oct. 26, and so far, the fates of more than 10 chiefs of staff during the last Parliament have been confirmed. Settling on a chief of staff is […]
