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 […]
Two new directors for Trade Minister Freeland
International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland welcomed two new directors to her ministerial staff team in recent weeks, hiring Anne-Louise Chauvette as director of communications and Owen Teo as director of policy. Mr. Teo joined Ms. Freeland’s office as a political staffer earlier this month, roughly three weeks ago, arriving straight from the office of the […]
Three former, two current ministerial staffers have run-ins with conflict and ethics commissioner so far in 2016
So far in 2016, three former and two current ministerial staffers have had interactions with the Office of the Federal Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, according to filings on the commissioner’s website. Two of the new Liberal ministerial staffers hired to work for the new government have been fined $100 each for failure to file […]
Agriculture minister hires new assistants
Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay has welcomed two new aides to his ministerial staff team. Barry Hicken is now working as an exempt staffer in Mr. MacAulay’s office as minister, under the title of special assistant. Mr. Hicken has for years been Mr. MacAulay’s constituency assistant, working out of the MP’s constituency office in Cardigan, P.E.I., […]
Wilson-Raybould promotes new chief of staff
Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould has finally promoted a new full-time chief of staff in her ministerial office, after months without one and while PMO senior adviser Cyrus Reporter pulled double duty. Ms. Wilson-Raybould had originally hired Kristen Mercer to the role of chief of staff back in November, but Ms. Mercer left the role in February […]
Former Conservative staff land gigs at Scotiabank, BMO, electricity association, B.C. government
Hundreds of former Conservative staffers were released into the job market following their party’s defeat last fall, and Hill Climbers has learned where a number of them are working now. Kent Verge, a former senior policy adviser to Lisa Raitt as transport minister, has been chief of staff to B.C. Liberal Minister for Jobs, Tourism, and […]
Policy director hired for Fisheries and Oceans, office now under LeBlanc
Government House Leader Dominic LeBlanc has stepped in to also act as Fisheries and Oceans Minister following Hunter Tootoo’s abrupt resignation on May 31 from Cabinet to seek treatment for addiction issues. Mr. LeBlanc will be working with Mr. Tootoo’s old ministerial staff team which remains in place and which recently grew by two. Alexis McIntyre […]
Foreign Aid Minister Bibeau hires former Canadian ambassador to Haiti
International Development and Minister for La Francophonie Marie-Claude Bibeau recently hired former ambassador Claude Boucher to join her ministerial staff team as an adviser for La Francophonie. Mr. Boucher was Canada’s ambassador to Haiti from 2004 to 2008, arriving at a difficult time in the fragile Caribbean country’s history, months after president Jean-Bertrand Aristide fled the country amid a […]
Heritage Minister Joly hires former Canada Council for the Arts director
Canadian Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly recently hired two new staff in her ministerial team, Hill Climbers has learned. Kelly Wilhelm has been hired as a senior policy adviser to Ms. Joly. Before joining the minister’s office earlier this month, Ms. Wilhelm was director of policy, planning, and strategic foresight at the Canada Council for the Arts in Ottawa […]
Public Services Minister Foote two policy directors strong
Public Services and Procurement Minister Judy Foote has a wealth of policy expertise in her ministerial office, including director of policy Stevie O’Brien, who’s been part of Ms. Foote’s exempt staff team since February, Hill Climbers has learned. Ms. O’Brien marked her first day in Ms. Foote’s office on Feb. 29, after moving to Ottawa from Toronto to work on […]
