Ministers MacAulay, Wilson-Raybould beef up staff teams with new advisers
Amidst the lazy, hazy, slightly-less-crazy days of Parliament’s summer break—when staffers, while still hard at work, get a reprieve from the hectic pace of the parliamentary schedule—a few new political staff have recently been hired to work for the Liberal government, including a new senior policy adviser for Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay. Alison Porter marked […]
Potter, Prest, Keeley help lead Conservative House leader, whip offices
Having stepped out of his neutral role in the last Parliament as House of Commons Speaker and back into a partisan seat as official opposition House leader, Andrew Scheer has kept at least one thing consistent: Kenzie Potter as his chief of staff. Ms. Potter has been working for Mr. Scheer since 2011, when she […]
This just in: PMO’s Butts tops The Hill Times’ 15th Annual Terrific 25 Staffers in 2016
PARLIAMENT HILL—When it comes to Hill staffers, PMO principal secretary Gerald Butts is the tops. Mr. Butts, who is one of the two most powerful political staffers in the PMO along with the more low profile chief of staff Katie Telford, led this year’s list as the No. 1 staffer in the 15th Annual Terrific 25 Staffers Survey. As well as topping the […]
Results of The Hill Times’ Terrific 25 Staffer Survey: 2016
The Top 25 List Gerald Butts, principal secretary, Prime Minister’s Office Greg McClinchey, member’s assistant, Liberal MP Judy Sgro Sean Murphy, manager of parliamentary affairs, Conservative Whip Gordon Brown Katie Telford, chief of staff, Prime Minister’s Office Vince MacNeil, chief of staff, Government House Leader Dominic LeBlanc Colleen Knight, parliamentary sssistant, Liberal MP T.J. Harvey […]
Foreign Affairs Minister Dion hires a new PSA
Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion, who has been busy this summer meeting with his international counterparts and responding to a number of global incidents, recently hired a new parliamentary secretary assistant, also known as a ‘PSA,’ in his ministerial office. Francis “Josh” Grehan is now working in Mr. Dion’s office as a special assistant to Liberal MP Pamela Goldsmith-Jones, parliamentary […]
Ex-MP Scott Armstrong on his new life as an unelected Conservative critic and staffer
With the Conservatives wiped off the electoral map in Atlantic Canada in the 2015 election, defeated former Nova Scotia MP Scott Armstrong took on a unique role, joining the official opposition shadow cabinet and becoming a paid Atlantic issues adviser in the official opposition leader’s office. That’s meant spending the last few months bouncing back […]
Ottawa lawyer Marshman now senior policy adviser to Justice Minister Wilson-Raybould
Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould recently hired two new staff to her ministerial staff team, including a new senior policy adviser who brings with him a wealth of legal experience having worked on some of Canada’s most significant commissions in the last decade. Nigel Marshman joined the minister’s office as a senior policy adviser at the […]
Bernier hoping for Kenney supporters, ‘shares a lot of ideas’ with PC candidate
Conservative MP Maxime Bernier‘s leadership team has launched what they call the “second phase” of his campaign to head the Conservative Party of Canada—asking the Canadian public for donations. Mr. Bernier officially began his campaign for the leadership on May 15, about a year ahead of the party’s convention, set for May 27, 2017, and he’s already organized a national campaign team […]
Bélanger returns to NDP leader’s office, along with other staff changes
PARLIAMENT HILL—Longtime NDP staffer Karl Bélanger is back in the NDP Leader’s Office, resuming his previous role as principal secretary, meanwhile, George Smith is now deputy director of communications for the NDP on the Hill, while his identical twin brother, James Smith, recently became a new caucus press secretary. Mr. Bélanger, who is currently taking […]
Longtime Conservative staffer Bromfield retiring
Longtime Conservative staffer Patsy Bromfield is retiring after almost three decades working on Parliament Hill, and she’ll mark her last day in the Conservative research bureau, dubbed the Conservative Resource Group (CRG) on July 15. Mrs. Bromfield is currently manager of personnel and administration in the CRG, which works closely with the office of interim […]
