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Hanging up the whip: NDP staffer Rob Sutherland retires after 30 years on the Hill

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Rob Sutherland, right, pictured with former NDP MP Bill Blaikie, left, and NDP staffer Christian Brideau, middle.Photograph courtesy of Anthony Salloum

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BY NEIL MOSS

October 9, 2019

After more than 30 years working in federal politics, NDP staffer Rob Sutherland is calling it a career. Mr. Sutherland was most recently the chief of staff in the NDP Whip's office. He first started on the Hill in 1982, working in the office of then-NDP MP Ian Waddell. Mr. ...

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