New B.C. NDP minority government looking to Ottawa, across Canada as it staffs up

With the NDP staff ranks on Parliament Hill soon to go through a post-leadership-race transition, sources say the prospect of working for a new government is enticing.

Sock solidarity: New B.C. NDP Premier John Horgan, pictured meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa on July 25 (both sporting striped socks), is staffing up with many local B.C. party stalwarts and at least a couple from Parliament Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

August 7, 2017

The new NDP minority government in British Columbia is looking across Canada, including in Ottawa, to find experienced New Democrat staffers to fill its offices after 16 years of Liberal rule in the province. So far, at least two Ottawa-based NDP staffers are headed to work for the new B.C. governm...

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