Fresh off the campaign trail in New Brunswick, Guy Gallant now comms director to heritage minister
Heritage and Multiculturalism Minister Pablo Rodriguez has named Guy Gallant as his new director of communications. Emilie Simard was previously communications director in the heritage minister’s office, but she left to do the same job for Transport Minister Marc Garneau in late August. Mr. Gallant was previously communications director to Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay. He […]
Policy director changes for Wilkinson, Wilson-Raybould
Fisheries, Oceans, and Canadian Coast Guard Minister Jonathan Wilkinson recently named Victoria Windsor as his new director of policy. Ms. Windsor joins Mr. Wilkinson’s office straight from Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould’s office where she’s been working since February 2017, starting off as a senior special assistant for parliamentary affairs and ending as a policy adviser. […]
Minister Champagne nabs press secretary from Minister Carr
Infrastructure and Communities Minister François-Philippe Champagne has poached International Trade Diversification Minister Jim Carr’s press secretary, Ann-Clara Vaillancourt, to do the same job in his ministerial office. A former Quebec Liberal staffer, Ms. Vaillancourt started working on Parliament Hill as press secretary to Mr. Carr this past July. Before then, she was working at Quebec’s […]
Parties ‘doing more’ to boost awareness of mental health resources, Liberals to hire HR adviser for staffers
The parties with the largest presence on the Hill say they are upping efforts to bring awareness of mental health resources available to political staffers working on Parliament Hill, including the planned hiring of a human resources adviser for Liberal employees. Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) spokesperson Eleanore Catenaro said via email that the Liberal Party has […]
Communications staff shakeup for Lebouthillier and Joly
Canada’s National Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier has a new director of communications and a new press secretary at the helm in her ministerial office. Christina Lazarova has entered the senior staffing ranks on the Hill after landing the job of director of communications and parliamentary affairs to Ms. Lebouthillier. Until recently, Ms. Lazarova was working […]
New directors named for ministers Petitpas Taylor and MacAulay
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor promoted Adam Exton to take over as director of parliamentary affairs in her office last month. Up until recently, Mr. Exton was a senior parliamentary affairs adviser and Ontario regional affairs adviser to Ms. Petitpas Taylor. He joined the health minister’s office from the get-go as a special assistant for […]
Saini leaves PMO to become chief of staff to Employment Minister Hajdu
Sabina Saini has been deployed from the Prime Minister’s Office to take over as Employment, Workforce Development, and Labour Minister Patty Hajdu’s new chief of staff. Previously deputy director of policy and legislative affairs in the PMO, Ms. Saini marked her first day in charge of Ms. Hajdu’s office on Sept. 17, the same day […]
Labour Minister Hajdu’s chief of staff now senior adviser to Defence Minister Sajjan
Employment, Workforce Development, and Labour Minister Patty Hajdu is starting the fall sitting in need of a new chief of staff. Her former one, Matthew Mitschke, is now a senior adviser to National Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan. Mr. Mitschke had been chief of staff to the employment minister since December 2015, starting under then-minister MaryAnn […]
New communications director among recent hires by Innovation Minister Bains
Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains hired a few new ministerial staffers recently, including Jean-Luc Ferland as his new director of communications. Mr. Ferland was previously a senior communications adviser and policy adviser to Treasury Board President Scott Brison on the Hill, effectively serving as the minister’s press secretary. He’d been a staffer to […]
PMO stalwarts Butts, Telford claim top spots in The Hill Times’ 17th annual Terrific 25 Staffers Survey
PARLIAMENT HILL—The man behind the prime minister, principal secretary Gerald Butts, was named the top staffer in The Hill Times‘ 17th annual Terrific 25 Staffers Survey. Mr. Butts is joined by his counterpart in the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau‘s office (PMO), chief of staff Katie Telford, who took the No. 2 spot this year after topping last […]
