Hill Climbers

New speechwriter in the PMO, Minister Hajdu has a new press secretary

Véronique Simard has exited the Prime Minister’s Office to become press secretary to Employment, Workforce Development, and Labour Minister Patty Hajdu.

Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has hired a new speechwriter, while another PMO aide has left to become press secretary to Employment Minister Patty Hajdu. Families Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, right, recently hired a new aide straight out of the Liberal caucus' research office. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

May 28, 2018

Two staffers recently exited Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office for jobs elsewhere in the Liberal government’s ranks, and at the same time, the PMO has scooped up a new speechwriter, Astrid Krizus. Until recently, Ms. Krizus was working as a legislative ass...

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