Telford top staffer, Salloum ranked one of best in The Hill Times’ 16th annual Terrific 25 Staffers Survey
It’s been 20 years since NDP lobby officer Anthony Salloum first walked through Centre Block’s front doors as a rookie staffer, and this year, for the first time, he’s claimed the title of the Best All-Round Terrific Staffer in The Hill Times’ 16th annual Terrific 25 Staffers Survey. “I really am flabbergasted by this result,” […]
New parliamentary affairs lead for Heritage Minister Joly
Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly recently promoted a new director of parliamentary affairs, Elliott Lockington, from within her ministerial office. A graduate of the University of Ottawa, Mr. Lockington has been working for the heritage minister as a special adviser for policy and Ontario regional affairs since March 2016. Before that, he’d spent the last nearly […]
Infrastructure Minister Sohi hires new chief of staff O’Leary, who’s set to start in the new year
Infrastructure and Communities Minister Amarjeet Sohi has tapped one of his staffers to officially take over the currently vacant role of chief of staff in his ministerial office in February. Leslie O’Leary, who’s been on maternity leave from her role as director of issues management to the minister since May 1, has been lined up […]
Environment Minister McKenna plucks new D. Comms from think-tank
Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna has bolstered her communications team, hiring Julia Kilpatrick to serve as her director of communications as of Dec. 1. Before then, Ms. Kilpatrick was communications director for Clean Energy Canada, a think-tank under Simon Fraser University’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue that focuses on “work to accelerate our […]
Sports Minister Hehr plucks press secretary from his former Veterans’ Office
Sports and Persons with Disabilities Minister Kent Hehr, who found himself in hot water and fielding media questions last week, did so with the help of a brand new press secretary, Annabelle St-Pierre Archambault. Ms. St-Pierre Archambault officially started on the job as press secretary to Mr. Hehr on Dec. 4—the day before recent comments the […]
Lebouthillier’s comms director heads for Quebec, she recruits from Bibeau’s office
National Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier has hired a new director of communications and parliamentary affairs to work in her ministerial office after former director Cédrick Beauregard left to work for the Liberal government in Quebec. Bernard Boutin is Ms. Lebouthillier’s new communications and parliamentary affairs director, arriving straight from International Development and La Francophonie Minister Marie-Claude […]
Status of Women Minister Monsef hires two new advisers
Status of Women Minister Maryam Monsef has a pair of new advisers working in her office, including new senior policy adviser Lori Lee Oates, a former co-chair of Equal Voice’s Newfoundland and Labrador chapter. Ms. Oates is a former part-time lecturer with Memorial University’s master of philosophy program, where she herself previously earned a master’s […]
Policy director Berinstain exits transport minister’s office for job with moon-mining firm
Transport Minister Marc Garneau has promoted a new director of policy in his office following the recent departure of Alain Berinstain for a job in the private sector. Mr. Berinstain officially switched to post-employment status on Nov. 17, and has left the minister’s office to serve as vice-president of global development for Moon Express, a […]
Pitfield exits Petitpas Taylor’s office, Moussouni enters as new policy adviser
Caroline Pitfield has exited Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor’s office, where she’d been serving as director of policy since the beginning of 2016. Ms. Pitfield is listed as having officially switched to post-employment status as of Nov. 13, according to the federal conflict of interest and ethics commissioner’s online registry. She was originally hired to […]
Singh in talks with party over his salary, Caron staffs up NDP leader’s Hill office
Without a seat in the House and therefore no MP salary or access to parliamentary funds, newly-elected NDP leader Jagmeet Singh will instead be receiving a salary from the federal party. And while it’s currently not under his direct oversight, new staffers have already begun transitioning into the NDP leader’s office on the Hill. “It […]
