Hill Climbers
Veterans Affairs Minister MacAulay hires Morneau adviser to head up his policy team
Plus, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer's Question Period director, Bryan Rogers, recently left Ottawa to become an issues manager to new Alberta Premier Jason Kenney.
The public services minister also recently added a new policy adviser and a new special assistant to her office.
Former Doug Ford staffers Veronica Green and Simon Jefferies have now officially joined Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer’s communications team.
The now-annual award was resurrected for the first time last year. Last week’s ceremony honoured 110 staffers who reached service milestones in 2018.
Plus, Treasury Board President Joyce Murray recently hired on her members’ assistant of the last three years to work in her ministerial office. 
For one, former policy adviser Caitlin Szymberski has been promoted to the title of director of operations in National Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier’s office. 
Plus, Hill Climbers takes a look at some staff migration from the Lower to the Upper Chamber on Parliament Hill. 
Plus, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is set to get two new staffers straight out of Doug Ford's office, and a new caucus liaison and regional adviser for the Prairies. Hill Climbers
The Prime Minister’s Office also has a new correspondence writer on board, among other recent political staffing moves. 
Former PMO Quebec regional affairs adviser Marie-Laurence Lapointe has joined Liberal Party headquarters as chief Quebec organizer. 
Plus, National Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan is in need of a new director of policy, and former PMO principal secretary Gerald Butts has a new gig. 
Official Languages Minister Mélanie Joly has hired a new special assistant for operations, while Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains both have new communications aides.
Plus, Infrastructure Minister François-Philippe Champagne has a new special assistant for operations and communications in his office. 
Canon marked her last day as communications adviser and de facto press secretary to Justice Minister David Lametti on April 22.
Jonathan Robinson has joined Treasury Board President Joyce Murray’s office as a special assistant. 
Plus, Employment Minister Patty Hajdu has a new senior communications aide, and Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale has a new issues manager.
Andrew MacKendrick says he decided to step away from the Hill, in part, for his own mental health, after recent events took a toll. 
Plus, Labour Minister Patty Hajdu has hired a new Quebec regional adviser.
Plus, Alexis Richard has been hired on as a new NDP caucus press secretary. 
Plus, the Conservative leader's office has merged its issues management and research teams, leaving several staff with new titles.
Plus, more details on the new caucus relations team set up in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office. 
Plus, ex-staffers Dave Sommer and Michael Bhardwaj are now working for Instagram and Canopy Growth, respectively.
Plus, Michael Den Tandt has been retained on contract to do communications work for the Liberal research bureau.
Plus, NDP staffer James Smith has said goodbye to Ottawa for a new job with the B.C. government. 
Meanwhile, Alison Porter has been promoted to chief of staff in the agriculture minister’s office. 
Plus, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett is in need of a new director of policy after Daniel Pujdak’s recent exit. 
Lise Jolicoeur is back on Parliament Hill as director of communications to Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Minister Ahmed Hussen. 
Plus, Tourism, Official Languages, and La Francophonie Minister Mélanie Joly has a new director of parliamentary affairs.
Plus, Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould has added to her political staff team.
Plus, there have been a slew of staffing changes in Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer’s office, including the addition of ex-Conservative MP Stella Ambler and longtime backroomer Paul Terrien. 
These recent staffing changes in the Prime Minister’s Office are unrelated to now-former PMO principal secretary Gerald Butts’ Feb. 18 resignation. 
Several ex-Ontario Liberal staffers displaced by the election last June have landed on the Hill, including Kevin Hurren who’s joined the finance minister’s office. Politics This Morning
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