Families Minister Duclos promotes new policy director after Mathieu Laberge departs
Families, Children, and Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos has a new director of policy in his office following the recent departure of Mathieu Laberge from the role. Up until the beginning of this month, Mr. Laberge had been in charge of policy work in Mr. Duclos’ office since February 2016. He’s previously been a deputy […]
Indigenous Services Minister Philpott’s chief of staff poised to depart
Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott’s chief of staff, John Brodhead, is set to exit the minister’s team at the end of April. Mr. Brodhead addressed his impending departure in a Facebook post on April 11, noting it was “not an easy decision.” He’s set to move back to Toronto to do policy and strategy work […]
Perreault promoted to PMO lead speechwriter after Armstrong departs for Morneau’s office
Brittany Perreault has been promoted to be senior manager of speechwriting in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office, taking charge of the team previously headed by Jeni Armstrong. Former lead speechwriter Ms. Armstrong left the Prime Minister’s Office on March 29 to join Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s team as a senior communications adviser as of April […]
Immigration, Refugees Minister Hussen names press secretary at last
Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Minister Ahmed Hussen recently tapped Mathieu Genest to serve as his press secretary, while promoting former communications manager Hursh Jaswal to the title of director of communications. Mr. Hussen hasn’t had a staffer working under the specific title of press secretary since taking over the immigration portfolio in January 2017. Previously, […]
Status of Women Minister Monsef hires a new chief of staff
Status of Women Minister Maryam Monsef recently promoted her director of policy Rebecca Caldwell to be her new chief of staff to lead her ministerial office. Ms. Caldwell officially took on the new title of chief of staff on March 26 and replaced Dara Lithwick. Ms. Lithwick had spent about four months in the position, having […]
Defence Minister Sajjan hires news comms aide
National Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has hired Brit Mockler to be a special assistant for communications in his ministerial office. Until recently, Ms. Mockler had spent the past year working as a public engagement officer for the New Brunswick Women’s Council, an arm’s-length body established by the provincial government in 2014 “to promote the equality […]
PMO’s Maka exits to become director to Social Development Minister Duclos
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently bade farewell to one of his political aides, Mike Maka, who left his job as senior planning manager in the office’s communications and planning unit to join Families, Children, and Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos’ office. Mr. Maka had been working in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) since the beginning, starting […]
Conservative leader Scheer hires new stakeholder relations aide
Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer recently bolstered his official opposition staff by one, having hired Stephanie Keron as a special assistant and stakeholder relations adviser. Ms. Keron was previously working as executive assistant to Conservative MP Shannon Stubbs on the Hill since the 2015 federal election, before which she’d been executive assistant to then-Conservative MP Chris […]
Environment Minister McKenna hires a new press secretary
Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna has found a new press secretary to help handle her various media requests and interactions, after her press secretary Marie-Pascale Des Rosiers was scooped up by the Prime Minister’s Office in late February. Caroline Thériault officially started on the job as Ms. McKenna’s new press secretary on March 6, having […]
Two more promoted in PMO after operations team split
Two more staffers in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office have been promoted as a result of a January decision to split up the office’s operations unit ahead of former operations director John Zerucelli’s impending departure. Geoff Hall, who until recently had been working in the Prime Minister’s Office as Mr. Trudeau’s scheduler since January 2016, […]
