This just in: staff changes in the Liberal Research Bureau, Prime Minister’s Office as House prepares to resume sitting next month
There are some staffing changes happening in the Liberal Research Bureau in Ottawa. Nadia Khaiati, who had joined the LRB in April, recently returned to work in the appointments unit of the Prime Minister’s Office. Overseen by director Hilary Leftick, the PMO’s appointments unit also includes Natacha Engel, deputy director of appointments and people; special assistant Juniors […]
New B.C. NDP minority government looking to Ottawa, across Canada as it staffs up
The new NDP minority government in British Columbia is looking across Canada, including in Ottawa, to find experienced New Democrat staffers to fill its offices after 16 years of Liberal rule in the province. So far, at least two Ottawa-based NDP staffers are headed to work for the new B.C. government, according to multiple sources […]
Duplessis exits as chief of staff to Social Development Minister Duclos
Families, Children, and Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos is looking for a new chief of staff following the recent departure of Josée Duplessis from the role. Ms. Duplessis officially exited the minister’s office on July 21, opting to return to her former stomping grounds in Montreal for family reasons. She’d been at the helm of […]
Chagger’s government House leader’s team playing vital function now ‘more than ever’
PARLIAMENT HILL—The Government House Leader’s Office plays a “pivotal” role in keeping any government’s legislative agenda moving through Parliament, this one in particular, and while current Government House Leader Bardish Chagger is a rookie MP, a few of her key staffers are Hill veterans. “The staffers who specialize in the House Leader’s Office have distinguished […]
A few staffers leave PMO and Liberal Research Bureau
PARLIAMENT HILL—Prime Minister’s Justin Trudeau’s office is down one aide after Tim Krupa, special assistant for policy, left the PMO about three weeks ago. Mr. Krupa had been with the PMO since the Liberals won a majority government in 2015 and previously worked on operations and outreach work in Mr. Trudeau’s office when he was leader […]
Conservative senior economic adviser exits amid leadership transition
Cam Vidler, who’d been a senior economic policy adviser to the Conservative leader, has left the Hill amid the transition that’s followed Conservative MP Andrew Scheer’s election as the new official opposition leader. He marked his last day on the Conservative leader’s team on June 23. Mr. Vidler had been hired to advise then-interim Conservative […]
Immigration Minister Hussen, Innovation Minister Bains see staff changes
Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Minister Ahmed Hussen recently hired two new ministerial staffers. Sebastian Clarke joined the minister’s political staff team last month as a new special assistant for operations. Mr. Clarke has been a director for the federal Liberal Markham-Stouffville, Ont. electoral district association, a riding represented by Health Minister and Liberal MP Jane Philpott […]
Comms directors to McKenna, Foote depart
Summertime on the Hill means plenty of staff changes while the House of Commons is on break, and two directors of communications have recently left their respective ministerial offices. Frédérique Tsai-Klassen has exited her role as director of communications to Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, and a listing on the conflict of interest and ethics commissioner’s […]
Retirement reflections on 20 years in government
OTTAWA—Retirement. It is a word that strikes fear in the hearts of many, and conjures up notions of being put out to pasture. For those in the public service, it is the new reality, especially among the boomers who joined government in the 1970s and ‘80s. For me, it is a return to the status […]
‘How cool is this, little guy from Stony Plain, Alberta, and he gets to walk in and work in this place every day,’ Keller reflects on Hill work as he mulls ‘next challenge’
PARLIAMENT HILL —As with many a career in politics, Garry Keller’s started off knocking on doors—lots and lots of doors. He helped then Reform MP John Williams get elected for the first time in 1993, and then four years later and fresh out of university, Mr. Keller again hit the pavement in the 1997 federal […]
