Hill Climbers
New faces join PMO, 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. Hill Climbers
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. 
David Taylor, communications director to the justice minister, says the hiring was ‘planned well before’ news broke of alleged PMO interference in SNC-Lavalin case. 
Plus, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett has hired an ex-Queen's Park Liberal staffer, as a special assistant.
A number of staffers have followed Seamus O’Regan from veterans affairs to his new office as minister of Indigenous Services. 
Erin Flanagan has left Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi’s office to become director of policy to the trade minister. 
Government House Leader Bardish Chagger recently hired on MP Raj Grewal’s former assistant. 
Jade-Émilie Daigneault, Matthew Gallagher, and Nilgiri Pearson are the latest additions to Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen’s team. 
Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay also has a new chief of staff in his office: Guy Gallant. 
Plus, Employment, Workforce Development, and Labour Minister Patty Hajdu has two new policy advisers in her office. 
Plus, Infrastructure and Communities Minister François-Philippe Champagne has a new policy and regional affairs adviser in his office. 
Plus, Science and Sport Minister Kirsty Duncan has a new press secretary, Daniele Medlej.
Plus, photographer Alex Tétreault has joined Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office. 
Leslie O’Leary has landed the role of director of issues management in the PMO, and Joseph Pickerill will be replacing her as chief of staff to the Infrastructure Minister
Plus, the Conservative leader's office has a number of staff changes, including Rudy Husny’s return to the Hill as director of stakeholders and correspondence. 
Plus, there’s a new correspondence writer in the Prime Minister’s Office, and Status of Women Minister Maryam Monsef has a new policy adviser.
Plus, Hana Kokanovic has left Families Minister Jean-Yves Duclos’ office to become a policy adviser to Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor. 
Plus, Alexandra Bernier is no longer an advance in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office. 
There’s been a string of recent staffing changes in the Liberal caucus’ research bureau, including five new hires.
Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould has bid farewell to her press secretary, Nicky Cayer. 
Plus, ex-MP’s assistant and CJPAC fellow Miled Hill is now a policy adviser to Transport Minister Marc Garneau. 
Elizabeth Cheesbrough recently joined Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale’s office as a new senior policy adviser. 
Plus, Leader Jagmeet Singh has hired ex-Manitoba cabinet minister Jennifer Howard as NDP chief of staff, starting Dec. 4.
Meanwhile, Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction Minister Bill Blair recently made a number of policy staff hires. 
Plus, Dan Lindenas has joined Treasury Board President Scott Brison’s office, where he’ll soon take over as director of policy.Politics This Morning
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