Ex-staffers to ministers Hajdu, Carr hit the campaign trail
Employment, Workforce Development, and Labour Minister Patty Hajdu has seen a couple of staff departures of late, with Roy Karam and Aisling MacKnight both going on leave. A Cape Breton University alumnus, Mr. Karam had been on the job as the Atlantic regional affairs adviser in Ms. Hajdu’s office since September 2018, serving at the […]
Political aides exit offices of ministers Freeland, Carr
The pre-campaign summer staff shake-up continues, with a couple of recent political staff departures for both Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and International Trade Diversification Minister Jim Carr. Deputy director of parliamentary affairs and policy adviser Sebastian Cooper bade farewell to Ms. Freeland’s office at the beginning of July. Mr. Cooper had been working in […]
Health Minister’s director of communications exits for private sector
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor bade farewell to her director of communications of the last year and a half, Mathieu Filion, last week. Now headed for the private sector, Mr. Filion moved from Montreal to Ottawa in early 2016 to work for the then-newly elected Liberal government, starting out as director of communications to Families, […]
Directors depart offices of Minister Sohi and Minister Hajdu
Canada’s Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi has bid farewell to his director of parliamentary affairs, Sandra Schwartz, while Employment, Workforce Development, and Labour Minister Patty Hajdu is down a director of operations. Up until late July—July 26, to be exact—Ms. Schwartz had been parliamentary affairs director in the natural resources minister’s office for the last […]
PMO down a regional adviser for the Prairies after recent staff exit
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office is in need of a new regional adviser for the Prairies after Ryan Adam recently made his exit from the top office. Mr. Adam left the outreach team in the Prime Minister’s Office in mid-July, having spent a total of two years manning the Prairies regional desk, starting in July […]
Treasury Board President Murray’s chief of staff exits for Liberal campaign
Treasury Board President Joyce Murray recently bid farewell to her chief of staff, Adam Carroll, who’s left Parliament Hill to join the national Liberal campaign team. Mr. Carroll became the party’s Ontario campaign director on July 6. Before returning to work on Parliament Hill in October 2017 as chief of staff to then-treasury board president […]
Mid-summer staffing changes for ministers Sajjan, Duncan
National Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has a new staffer in his office, with Floriane Bonneville now on the job as a special assistant for issues management. Ms. Bonneville joined the minister’s office in June and was previously a reporter with Radio-Canada in Windsor, Ont. She’s also a former freelance chase producer for CTV News’ primetime […]
Political staff busy bees in riding associations and beyond, public declarations show
A year has passed since Hill Climbers last took a look at the public declarations of outside activities filed by political staffers, and it seems they’ve been busy bees, with 37 making such declarations since June 2018. From active roles in local riding associations to positions on the boards of directors of non-profits, it seems […]
Recent staff exits in Treasury Board President Murray’s office, Liberal research bureau
Treasury Board President Joyce Murray recently bade farewell to two of her political aides: Jonathan Chiu and Jonathan Robinson. Not only do they have the same first name, both have since joined Ms. Murray’s office as the Liberal MP for Vancouver Quadra, B.C. With Parliament having risen, both are now working out of Ms. Murray’s […]
Science and Sport Minister Duncan down a director
Sport and Science Minister Kirsty Duncan recently bade farewell to her director of operations, Catherine Loiacono. Ms. Loiacono first joined Ms. Duncan’s office as science minister in April 2018 as director of both operations and parliamentary affairs to the minister. In January of this year, she dropped the latter title; Nilani Logeswaran continues to serve […]
