Trudeau made some rookie mistakes in India because feds lack diverse staff, says former Freeland staffer

Among chiefs of staff and directors in offices across cabinet, women currently hold 45 per cent of such positions, while minority staffers hold 14 per cent, according to the Prime Minister’s Office.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pictured with female staff in the Prime Minister's Office in March 2017, flanked immediately by chief of staff Katie Telford on the left and media advance Julie Tatone on the right. Photograph courtesy of the PMO

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

March 5, 2018

Diversity among the political staffers who populate Parliament Hill has come far from days past, but more needs to be done to increase multiculturalism at the staffing level, and recent gaffes on Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s trip to India are a symptom of this problem, says former staff...

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