Social Development Minister Duclos hires assistant
Families, Children, and Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos recently hired Jessie Pierre to serve as a new special assistant for operations in his ministerial office. A former public servant in British Columbia, Ms. Pierre also previously worked for the Energy Council of Canada in Ottawa as a co-ordinator for events and activities. She earned an event management […]
Innovation Minister Bains sees changes to staffing roster
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains has seen some changes to his ministerial staffing roster in recent weeks, including the departure of exempt aide Kelly Acton, who returned to work for the corresponding department in early October. A former director general with Industry Canada—now reworked and renamed as Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada—Ms. […]
Staff changes for Ministers McCallum, Brison, and Mihychuk
Immigration Minister John McCallum‘s ministerial staffing roster is in transition, with the recent departure of senior adviser for strategic communications Felix Corriveau, among other changes. Mr. Corriveau exited the minister’s office late last month. Special assistant Francesco Biondi-Morra has for now stepped in as acting press secretary to the minister, but he’s set to also […]
O’Leary joins Democratic Institutions Minister Monsef’s team as D. Comms
John O’Leary has landed a new role with the Liberal government after his recent exit from Employment, Workforce Development and Labour Minister MaryAnn Mihychuk’s office, and started his new job as communications director to Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef last week. A former manager of public affairs and communications for Coca-Cola, Hill Climbers reported last […]
Wilson-Raybould hires policy adviser who represented Ontario’s first person granted doctor-assisted death
Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould welcomed Emma Carver to work in her office as a new policy adviser on Sept. 26. Ms. Carver spent roughly the last year working as a lawyer with Toronto law firm Polley Faith LLP, during which time she helped represent an 81-year-old Toronto man known as A.B., who became the first […]
PMO hires new digital aide, Monsef expands team
PARLIAMENT HILL—Former summer intern Johanna Robinson marked her first day as a full-time staffer in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office on Oct. 11. Ms. Robinson is now a full-time digital content assistant in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), working closely with digital creative lead Dave Sommer as part of the office’s communications unit overseen by […]
New adviser for Minister Wilson-Raybould, Fortin bidding farewell to NDP
Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, who’s faced questions of late over the new judicial appointments process with MPs voting unanimously to support continued regional representation in the Supreme Court, recently hired a new judicial affairs adviser to her ministerial staff team, along with a new legislative assistant. Katie Black marked her first day as a judicial […]
New chief of staff joins Chagger from PMO, as Government House Leader’s Office staffers move to Fisheries Office
PARLIAMENT HILL—Staff changes are underway in the Government House Leader’s Office, after Bardish Chagger took over the role from Fisheries, Oceans and Canadian Coast Guard Minister Dominic LeBlanc on Aug. 19 after Hunter Tootoo resigned from cabinet and caucus because of addiction issues. Ms. Chagger has hired a new chief of staff, Rheal Lewis, from […]
Minister Mihychuk promotes new director, Lebouthillier shuffles staff
After replacing her director of communications ahead of the fall session, Labour Minister MaryAnn Mihychuk recently also bid farewell to her director of operations, and has promoted one of her political aides to take on the senior role. Former federal Liberal Party deputy national director Michel Archambault made an exit from the minister’s office during […]
‘I’m a free agent,’ Bélanger leaves Hill after almost two decades as NDP staff restructure
PARLIAMENT HILL—Senior NDP staffer Karl Bélanger was busy packing up his Hill office and almost two decades of political memories last week, after publicly announcing his departure on Twitter on Sept. 14. While he says he has no specific plans lined up, he’s looking forward to spending more time with his young family. “I’m a free […]
