Natural Resources Minister Carr hires policy adviser with ties to oil industry
Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr has hired a former policy adviser for MEG Energy Corp. and the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers as a new regional policy adviser in his ministerial office. Mikaela McQuade was most recently a senior policy analyst with MEG Energy Corp., a Canadian oil sands company based in Calgary. As part of […]
Monsef’s chief of staff departs for new Health Minister Petitpas Taylor’s office
Status of Women Minister Maryam Monsef has lost her chief of staff Monique Lugli, who has left Ms. Monsef’s office for a job in new Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor’s political staff team. Ms. Lugli had been running the Status of Women minister’s office since January 2016, starting under then minister Patty Hajdu, who was shuffled into her […]
Chief of staff shuffle follows cabinet changes
Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains has scooped up a new chief of staff, Gianluca Cairo, from the Public Services minister’s office. Before joining Mr. Bains’ office at the beginning of last week, Mr. Cairo had been chief of staff to the Public Services and Procurement minister since late 2015, largely under then […]
Trade minister boosts policy team by two, including ex-China consul general
He may not be leading NAFTA renegotiations for the government, but International Trade Minister François-Philippe Champagne has two new policy advisers to help out on another priority file: trade with Asia. As Canada and China explore opening negotiations toward a joint trade deal, Mr. Champagne has hired Philippe Rheault, who was until recently Canada’s first consul general […]
After cabinet shuffle, new Veterans Affairs Minister O’Regan hires a chief of staff
PARLIAMENT HILL—New Veterans Affairs and Associate Defence Minister Seamus O’Regan has a new chief of staff running his first-ever ministerial office. Cyndi Jenkins moved over from her role in the Prime Minister’s Office to take on the job. Until recently, Ms. Jenkins had been an Atlantic regional desk adviser in the PMO’s operations branch since the beginning […]
Environment Minister McKenna adds senior staff, including ex-Chrétien aide
Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna’s office has undergone a number of senior staff changes in recent weeks, including Lucy Hargreaves taking on the role of director of operations and planning to the minister. Ms. Hargreaves was previously in charge of Ms. McKenna’s office as the Liberal MP for Ottawa Centre, Ont., a role […]
Four new hires in Liberal Research Bureau
The Liberal Research Bureau, also known as the LRB, has bulked up of late, with four new full-time staffers hired, while one has departed. Arturo Calvo, who’d been a special assistant for outreach in the LRB for about the last year, has exited the office, which is located at 131 Queen St. Shauna Roddey is […]
Press secretaries on the move for Trudeau, Champagne, Joly, Monsef
There have been a few changes among the Liberal press secretary ranks in cabinet offices on the Hill of late, including in International Trade Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s office where Pierre-Olivier Herbert has been named the new press secretary. Mr. Herbert officially took over the role on Aug. 28, filling a void recently left by the […]
Agriculture Minister MacAulay adds to policy team
Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay recently beefed up his ministerial policy team with a new adviser. Dan Lussier started on the job on Aug. 8. He’d spent roughly the last year as a field technologies manager for the Liberal Party at its federal headquarters in Ottawa. Mr. Lussier was a field organizer for the […]
New environment, natural resources policy adviser joins PMO
The Prime Minister’s Office’s policy team is up by one, with new adviser Sarah Goodman having joined the office roughly three weeks ago to handle the environment and climate change, fisheries and oceans, transport, and natural resources policy files. Until recently, Ms. Goodman was busy as chief executive officer and founder of Treetop Strategy, an […]
