Sports Minister St-Onge’s office led by chief of staff Kelly Wilhelm
Among the new additions to cabinet this Parliament is Sports Minister Pascale St-Onge, a first-term MP, and she’s recruited Kelly Wilhelm to run her office as chief of staff. Wilhelm has returned to the Hill to take on the job. Previously, from May 2016 until the summer of 2018, she was a senior policy adviser […]
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O’Neill to talk about advancing peace and security around the world on Jan. 18
MONDAY, JAN. 17 Seizing Canada’s Clean Growth Opportunity—The Canadian Club of Toronto hosts a webinar, “Seizing Canada’s Clean Growth Opportunity,” highlighting the big choices that governments, companies, and people need to make to realize the country’s potential. Monday, Jan. 17, 12-1 p.m. Tickets available at canadianclub.org. Update on Development of the New National Long-Term Care […]
Paul Martin to talk about global turmoil; Marc Roy has a new gig; Indiescreens announced; and Philipupillai joins HT’s newsroom
On Jan. 25, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. (Eastern Time), Canada’s 21st prime minister Paul Martin, who led the country from 2003-2006, will join a conversation with former New Brunswick premier Brian Gallant to talk about “Navigating a Difficult World.” The event is meant the mark the ninth anniversary of the group running it, the venerable […]
PMO policy head Marci Surkes soon to exit, John Brodhead named new director
Marci Surkes will soon be bidding Parliament Hill farewell, after two years as executive director of policy and cabinet affairs to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and 15 years as a staffer. “It’s not been an easy decision. There are a million thoughts and contemplations that go into a decision of this sort,” said Surkes in […]
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After ‘ups and downs,’ departing Taiwanese diplomat says relationship is on the ascent
After two prime ministers, three elections, and seven foreign affairs ministers, a mainstay at Taiwan’s economic and cultural office in Ottawa is heading home. Simon Sung has had a longer stay in Ottawa than most traditional diplomatic postings, joining the office in 2014 as deputy director of the public affairs division, later serving as executive […]
Canada’s first Vietnamese-Canadian senator says goodbye to the Red Chamber
Conservative Senator Thanh Hai Ngo, the first Canadian senator of Vietnamese origin, has retired after 10 years in the Red Chamber. Ngo reached the mandatory retirement age of 75 for Senators on Jan. 3. In an interview with Senate staff, Ngo explained that he studied at the Sorbonne in Paris and worked as a diplomat […]
Families Minister Gould hangs on to chief of staff Tsaï-Klassen
Families, Children, and Social Development Minister Karina Gould has locked in Frédérique Tsaï-Klassen to continue as chief of staff in her new portfolio. Tsaï-Klassen returned to Parliament Hill to take charge of Gould’s former office as international development minister last April, following more than two years as director of communications at the Canadian Embassy in […]
