The thankless task of Gerry Butts

Political staffers, like Gerry Butts, have one job and one job only: to protect and promote their boss. Everything else is secondary.

Gerry Butts, pictured in this file photograph, resigned from his top job in the PMO on Feb. 18, 2019, in the political fallout after PMO officials pressed then justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to help SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. out of its legal troubles. The Hill Times file photograph

Opinion

BY GERRY NICHOLLS

February 25, 2019

OAKVILLE, ONT.—For a reason I can’t fully comprehend, my American colleagues—political operatives I’ve worked with on campaigns from days gone by—are always curious about what’s going on politically in Canada. So naturally, I had to inform them when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s pri...

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