PMO hires new issues adviser straight out of Finance Minister Morneau’s office
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office has recruited a new issues adviser to its fold straight out of Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s office. Chloé Luciani-Girouard marked her first day in the issues management branch of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on May 14. She fills a gap left by the recent departure of former PMO issues […]
New staffers for ministers Freeland, Morneau, Sajjan
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland has been busy lately with North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations in Washington, D.C., but back home in Ottawa a new assistant has joined her ministerial staff team. Brett Aylward is now working in Ms. Freeland’s office as an assistant to the minister’s parliamentary secretary, Andrew Leslie, who supports the minister […]
Health minister hires new communications director, Mathieu Filion, from Duclos’ team
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas-Taylor recently scooped up a new director of communications straight out of Families, Children, and Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos’ office. Mathieu Filion took over as communications director to Ms. Petitpas-Taylor on April 30, and is now working closely with the minister’s press secretary, Thierry Bélair. Before then, he’d been doing the […]
It’s ‘time to think again’ about idea Canada’s PM as a dictator, says Ian Brodie in At the Centre of Government
Parliament is alive and well, argues Ian Brodie, former chief of staff to Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper, in his new book, At the Centre of Government: The Prime Minister and the Limits of Political Power. “After 20 years of ‘the prime minister’s a dictator’ motif, it’s really time to think again about that, and […]
Justice minister gets new chief of staff, Jessica Prince
Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould has a new chief of staff in her ministerial office, with former senior policy adviser Jessica Prince having recently returned to take on the top job. Ms. Prince had been a senior policy adviser to Ms. Wilson-Raybould from January 2016 until mid-September 2017, when she departed “to travel the world,” as […]
Staff changes for Finance Minister Morneau, new directors promoted
A few more senior staffing changes have taken place in Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s office recently, including the departure of his director of parliamentary affairs, Catherine Loiacono, on April 23. Ms. Loiacono had joined Mr. Morneau’s office around the start of the fall session, and before then had been a senior account director at Coast Communications […]
Ministers Duclos, Qualtrough hire new assistants
Families Minister Jean-Yves Duclos has recruited his Hill assistant, Valérie Glazer, to join his ministerial staff team. Until recently, Ms. Glazer had been a parliamentary assistant to Mr. Duclos on the Hill in his capacity as the Liberal MP for Quebec, Que., since August 2016, having spent that summer in Mr. Duclos’ MP office as […]
Minister Bennett’s chief of staff heads to PMO, new press secretary in top office
A string of staff changes has taken place in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office, including the recent addition of Rick Theis as a new policy adviser. Before his recent move to the PMO, Mr. Theis had been serving as chief of staff to Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett since shortly after she […]
Status of Women Minister Monsef promotes Christopher Evelyn to operations director
Status of Women Minister Maryam Monsef recently promoted her policy and Ontario regional affairs adviser, Christopher Evelyn, to serve as director of operations in her ministerial office. Mr. Evelyn has been working for Ms. Monsef in her capacity as a federal cabinet minister since the beginning, starting in December 2015 as a policy adviser to […]
Rachel Doran exits PMO for top job with Indigenous Services Minister Philpott
Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott has a new chief of staff lined up to run her office, with Rachel Doran coming in from the Prime Minister’s Office on April 16 to begin transitioning into her new job. Until recently, Ms. Doran had been a policy adviser in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office since February 2017, […]
